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.
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
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.
The following documentation gives details of derived variables relating to family income and wealth; and weekly and hourly pay in 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 BSAG was used in sweeps 1 and 2 of NCDS
Report on NCDS 5th sweep survey
Annotated version of the “What Do You Think?” questionnaire given to cohort members.
The instructions given to interviews for the Age 33 sweep of NCDS.
Questionnaire for cohort members administered in the Age 33 sweep of NCDS.
User guide to the 5th sweep of NCDS
Annotated mother interview administered in the Age 33 sweep of NCDS.