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
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
Questionnaires and interviewer instructions
MCS Age 11 Teacher Questionnaire: England
Teacher survey for MCS5 surveys conducted in England
Date published: 1 May 2011
Questionnaires and interviewer instructions
MCS Age 11 Teacher Questionnaire: Wales
Teacher survey for MCS5 surveys conducted in Wales
Date published: 1 May 2011
Questionnaires and interviewer instructions
MCS Age 11 Household and Main/Partner CAPI Questionnaire Documentation
The Millennium Cohort Study Sweep 5 (MCS5) Main Stage was carried out using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) and computer-assisted self interviewing (CASI), both scripted in the software package Quancept. This document is the paper documentation of the computer-based script.
Date published: 1 May 2011
User guides
NCDS Understanding Individual Behaviour Exploratory Networks: User Guide
Investigating the genetic, social and neuropsychological influences on individual differences in memory using a lifecourse approach.
Date published: 1 February 2011
Derived variables
Deriving highest qualification in NCDS and BCS70
This Data Note explains the derivation of variables on Highest Educational Qualification obtained by cohort members in the National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70).
Date published: 1 January 2011
User guides
MCS Age 7 User Guide to Initial Findings (Second Edition)
Second edition of the user guide to initial findings in MCS4
Date published: 1 December 2010