Here you will find all the documentation for our four 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.
Occupation information gathered during the NCDS5 survey was coded using CASOC (Computer-Assisted Standard Occupation Coding) software which created errors. This data note reports the re-coding of occupations
This NCDS Data Note reports on work done to improve the quality and consistency of data relating to the job histories of cohort members available for the fifth follow-up of the National Child Development Study
Data Note on the coding of qualifications reported in NCDS5
Data Note reporting on the creation of a new regional variable which has fewer missing cases than previous
This Data Note reports on work done to improve the quality and consistency of data relating to the children of cohort members available for NCDS5.
This documentation gives details of selected derived variables that have been developed by researchers during work analysing data from NCDS5. This is part of a programme of work to make available to the wider research community revised data from the 5th sweep of NCDS.
The following documentation gives details of derived variables relating to family income and wealth; and weekly and hourly pay in NCDS5
The BSAG was used in sweeps 1 and 2 of NCDS
Report on NCDS 5th sweep survey
Coding Frames for Open-ended questions in the 5th sweep of NCDS
The instructions given to interviews for the Age 33 sweep of NCDS.