Our studies
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.
NB This Data Note has been partially superseded by the results of an ESRC-funded project consolidating and cleaning female partnership histories (but not male) for NCDS4, NCDS5 and NCDS6 (see ‘NCDS5-6 Data Note’ downloadable here). The dataset is now available from the UK Data Archive.
The following document contains details of the revised dataset developed by Pamela Di Salvo at SSRU which contains amended data based on the Housing section of the NCDS5 ‘Your Life Since 1974’ event history instrument.
Report on NCDS 5th sweep survey
The instructions given to interviews for 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.
Annotated version of the “Your Child” questionnaire given to cohort members.
Annotated child interview administered in the Age 33 sweep of NCDS.
Annotated version of the “Your Life Since 1974” questionnaire given to cohort members.
Annotated version of the “What Do You Think?” questionnaire given to cohort members.
Coding Frames for Open-ended questions in the 5th sweep of NCDS
Find the latest developments and insights from across all our longitudinal studies.
Our bibliography is a searchable database of published work based on our cohort studies. Search by keyword, author, date range and journal.
Data from our studies are mainly available through the UK Data Service. We run training to support researchers who are interested in using our studies in their work.
Centre for Longitudinal Studies
UCL Social Research Institute
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Email: clsdata@ucl.ac.uk
