Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
Are boys more sensitive to the state of the local job market when choosing their GCSE subjects? And why are migrant and ethnic minority mothers at increased risk of mental ill health? Researchers have been using CLS study data to tackle these and other key questions.
Children living in urban greener neighbourhoods may have better spatial working memory, according to new research by UCL Institute of Education (IOE).
Parents’ home ownership is becoming a more important determinant of their children entering the housing market, according to new research.
New research has found that young children with no access to a garden are far more likely to be overweight or obese by the time they reach seven.
Many parents worry that the disruption of moving home may be harmful to young children, but a new study suggests that this is not necessarily so.
The age 55 survey of the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) has now begun. Approximately 11,500 cohort members will be invited to take part.
More than one in four UK youngsters are growing up in families facing multiple challenges such as parental depression and financial hardship that can have a damaging effect on children’s development, new research suggests.
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