Documentation

Here you will find all the documentation for our studies. This includes survey questionnaires, interviewer instructions, showcards, technical reports, survey reports, and derived variables. For more information, take a look at our guide to the different documentation types.

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User guides

Handling missing data in the CLS cohort studies – User Guide

This user guide aims to describe and illustrate a straightforward approach to missing data handling, while detailing some more general considerations around missing data along the way.


Date published: 3 June 2024
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BCS70 Age 46 Survey User Guide

User guide for the BCS70 age 46 biomedical survey dataset.


Date published: 27 July 2023
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BCS70 Age 16 Survey Leisure and Television Diaries User Guide


Date published: 1 April 2022
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BCS70 Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) User Guide

This guide describes the data linkage of health administrative records from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) to survey data for cohort members in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70).


Date published: 8 February 2021
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BCS70 Age 16 Dietary Diaries User Guide

Guide to the Age 16 Dietary Diaries for BCS70.


Date published: 1 May 2020
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BCS70 Age 46 Survey – Accelerometry User Guide

Accelerometry user guide for the BCS70 age 46 biomedical survey dataset


Date published: 27 March 2020
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BCS70 Age 46 Survey Secure Access Geographical Identifiers User Guide

User guide for the BCS70 Age 46 Survey Secure Access Geographical Identifiers


Date published: 3 October 2019
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BCS70 Activity Histories (1986-2013) Guide


Date published: 1 July 2017
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BCS70 Partnership Histories (1986-2013) Guide


Date published: 1 October 2016
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BCS70 Age 5 Developmental Histories User Guide

User Guide to the BCS Developmental History Data


Date published: 1 July 2014
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BCS70 Age 42 User Guide

User guide for the BCS70 age 42 survey dataset


Date published: 1 February 2014
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Derived variables

BCS70 Age 5 Sweep Derived Variables

A description of the derived variables in the age 5 sweep of the 1970 British Cohort Study


Date published: 1 February 2013
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