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Exposure to air pollution in childhood linked to poorer health in late adolescence

14 May 2025

Teens from ethnic minority backgrounds and deprived neighbourhoods were particularly at risk of being exposed to high levels of air pollution during childhood, with potential long-term impacts on their health.

News, Data release

Millennium Cohort Study data included in first-ever DNA dataset for childhood research

4 March 2025

For the first time, large-scale DNA sequence data on three UK birth cohort studies has been released, creating a unique resource to explore the relationship between genetic and environmental factors in child health and development.

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Does access to greenspace matter for teens’ sleep?

14 January 2025

Increasing access to parks and gardens may not be enough to help teenagers in urban areas get a healthy amount of sleep.

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Private schools lose GCSE results edge

25 November 2024

Private school pupils in England no longer perform better in GCSE English, Maths and Science than their state school peers from similar backgrounds.

Blog

Giving a voice to the whole population

30 July 2024

This blog discusses different ways that population subgroups can be analysed and how sample sizes and statistical power are maintained.

Blog

Improving the nation’s numeracy: what can we learn from the British cohorts?

4 July 2024

What can cohort evidence tell us about the predictive power of early maths skills and what policymakers can do to boost the nation’s numeracy?

Blog

Blog: being excluded or truant from school leads to mental health problems – and vice versa

5 March 2024

New research shows children who struggle with their mental health are more likely to later be excluded from school and to truant. And exclusion and truancy can increase their mental health difficulties.

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Body dissatisfaction linked with depression risk in children

15 February 2024

Body dissatisfaction at age 11 is linked to increased risk of depression by age 14, according to new research from the Millennium Cohort Study.

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Children of care leavers risk inheriting parents’ emotional scars

7 February 2024

The trauma associated with care experience casts a long shadow on mothers’ mental health and that of their children, finds new UCL research released today (7 February 2024).

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Being an only child doesn’t affect children’s development

15 September 2023

Being an only child doesn’t affect your development – family background matters more.

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Poorest children have worse health and educational outcomes in adolescence

24 March 2023

Generation Z children born into the poorest fifth of families in the UK are 12 times more likely to experience a raft of poor health and educational outcomes by the age of 17 compared to more affluent peers, finds a new report led by UCL researchers.

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Generational inequalities in mental health accelerated with the COVID-19 pandemic

23 January 2023

Mental health problems like anxiety and depression were more common among younger generations before the COVID-19 outbreak — but the gap between young and old became even wider during the pandemic, according to new research based on five UK longitudinal studies.

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