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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Technical reports
NCDS Age 55 Technical Report
Technical Report for the Age 55 sweep of NCDS
Date published: 1 May 2014
Technical reports
MCS Age 11 Technical Report on Response
This report explores attrition in sweep 5 (age 11) of MCS and presents the procedures used in the construction of the sweep 5 unit non-response weights
Date published: 1 April 2014
User guides
BCS70 Age 10 Audiogram data User Guide
This document provides a brief guide to the Audiogram data obtained for 14,903 subjects of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) during the 10-year follow-up in 1980
Date published: 1 March 2014
User guides
BCS70 Age 42 User Guide
User guide for the BCS70 age 42 survey dataset
Date published: 1 February 2014
User guides
MCS 9 Months-Age 11 Guide to the Datasets (Eighth Edition)
Eighth Edition of MCS User Guide to the Datasets
Date published: 1 February 2014
Derived variables
BCS70 Revised Region Variables (Third Edition)
This User Guide accompanies the deposits at the UK Data Archive of derived variables for each sweep of BCS70. These derived variable datasets are found under the study number for each of the sweeps and include variables for country of interview, region and government office regions.
Date published: 1 February 2014
Survey reports
Research on health and health behaviours based on the 1970 British Cohort Study
This review covers research using information from the childhood waves of BCS70 (birth to 16 years) as either health outcomes or as predictors of later health outcomes. This paper will serve as a useful entry point for researchers investigating the extant literature on health using BCS70 data.
Date published: 1 October 2013
Data notes
BCS70 Review of Research on Health Behaviours
Review of research using information from the childhood waves of BCS70 (birth to 16 years) as either health outcomes or as predictors of later health outcomes.
Date published: 1 October 2013
Survey reports
Developing youth engagement in the Millennium Cohort Study and Understanding Society
This report presents feedback from the Young Research Advisor group on approaches to engaging young people in MCS and Understanding Society.
Date published: 2 September 2013
Survey reports
MCS Age 14 Participant engagement research – National Children’s Bureau
This report presents findings from research with MCS members and their parents. It was carried out by NCB as part of a broader study of participant engagement being conducted in partnership with Ipsos MORI for the CLS.
Date published: 2 September 2013
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