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
NCDS revised region variables
Date published: 1 March 2012
User guides
NCDS Revised Region Variables User Guide
The full National Child Development Study dataset includes a variety of geographical information which is available for analysis.
Date published: 1 March 2012
User guides
NCDS Age 18 Warnock Study of Handicapped School Leavers
The Warnock Study was carried out in the summer and autumn of 1976, with selected members of the 1958 National Child Development Study when they were 18 years of age.
Date published: 1 January 2012
Data notes
NCDS Age 50 Paper Self Completion – Response rates and response bias
The aim of this brief descriptive paper is to provide information on response to the paper self-completion questionnaire that formed part of the data collection for the eighth sweep of the 1958 British birth cohort study
Date published: 2 December 2011
User guides
MCS User Guide to Analysis Using STATA
This section will cover a short introduction to Stata mainly aimed at those using Stata for the first time.
Date published: 1 December 2011
User guides
NCDS Age 23-50 Partnership Histories
A guide to the partnership histories dataset collected from age 23 onwards
Date published: 1 November 2011
User guides
MCS Age 7 Guide to the Teacher Survey Dataset
The Teacher Survey was first implemented in MCS4, that took place in 2008 when the children were aged around 7 and had been in primary schooling for around 3 years
Date published: 1 July 2011
Survey reports
BCS70 Age 16 Guide to the Arithmetic Test
This document provides a brief guide to the data deriving from an arithmetic test administered to the subjects of the 1970 British Cohort Study
Date published: 1 May 2011
Questionnaires and interviewer instructions
MCS Age 11 Child Self-Completion Questionnaire: England
Child self-completion questionnaire for MCS5 conducted in England.
Date published: 1 May 2011
Questionnaires and interviewer instructions
MCS Age 11 Child Self-Completion Questionnaire: Wales
Child self-completion questionnaire for MCS5 conducted in Wales
Date published: 1 May 2011