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New to the CLS cohort studies? This webinar will give you an overview of four internationally renowned national cohort studies and the wide range of opportunities they offer to researchers.
Date | Thursday 28 November |
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Time | 12:30pm–2pm UK time |
This flagship CLS webinar gives first-time users an insight into four world-leading cohort studies.
These studies follow generations born between 1958 and 2002 and are a powerful resource for addressing a wide range of scientific questions in various social, economic, health, political and geographical sciences. The data are free to download from the UK Data Service.
Attendees will learn about the data collected in each study, possible research topics, how to access and get started with the data and example of the types of analyses that can be undertaken using the following studies:
This event is suitable for a wide range of researchers including:
Part 1) Introduction
What are birth cohort studies?
Overview of NCDS, BCS70, Next Steps and MCS
Type of information collected
Part 2) Content by ‘subject area’
Physical health
Mental health
Family and relationships
Education
Economics
Part 3) Examples of the types of analyses that can be undertaken using CLS cohort data
Simple analyses
Confounder control
Repeated measures
Cross-cohort analysis
Part 4) Getting started with the data
Available resources
Accessing the data
Data protocols, structure and merging
Study design and weights
Dealing with attrition
Where to go for more information
Previous attendee endorsements
“Thank you CLS for this excellent intro to using the Centre’s cohort studies! Informative presentations and exciting ideas for research possibilities.”
“Knowledgeable speakers, content wasn’t too advanced/specialist but also general enough to understand.”
“The whole webinar was well structured, all parts were equally good and complemented each other very well.”
This webinar recording highlights some examples of research on families and relationships using CLS’ unique series of UK national cohort studies.
Richard Steele
Events and Marketing Officer
Phone: 020 7911 5320
Email: ioe.clsevents@ucl.ac.uk