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Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
UCL and the University of Bristol are to lead the Population Research UK (PRUK) co-ordination hub, part of an existing strategic investment from the UKRI Infrastructure Fund.
Almost 60 per cent of participants taking part in a pilot phase of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) opted to complete daily activity diaries using a smartphone app.
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.
The announcement comes after research using British longitudinal studies showed that summer-born children face disadvantage throughout their schooling.
Children who are born prematurely not only tend to perform worse academically but also appear to accumulate less wealth as adults, according to a new study.
Racism can have such a negative impact on ethnic minority mothers that the mental trauma can affect their child’s emotional wellbeing, according to a new study.
An investigation into the effect of growing up in social housing on child development reveals significant changes since the 1970s.
People who are neurotic and those who are open to new experiences may share a significant portion of their genetic makeup, new research suggests.
Making people aware of their weight problems may not help them to improve their health.
Children from better-off families who show lower ability at age 5 are still more likely to succeed in the labour market than their brighter peers from poorer homes, according to a new report.
CLS is seeking input into the content of the Age 17 Survey of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), scheduled for 2018. Age 17 marks a major transition in the cohort members’ lives and has the potential to be a particularly important and illuminating stage of the study.
The mental trauma of separation can damage a mother’s belief in her parenting ability, a new study has found.
More than four in five fathers still have contact with their child after they have separated from their partner, according to new research. However, dads who were more involved with parenting before a break-up are more likely to play a bigger role in their child’s future upbringing. The study, conducted by the University of Kent […]
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