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Over 14,000 7-year old children take part in MCS4

20 March 2009

Provisional figures show that 13,854 families containing 14,051 children took part in the Age 7 Survey of the Millennium Cohort Study.

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NCDS 2008-9 Survey Interim Data Released

18 March 2009

An interim dataset based on a subset of the interviews conducted as part of the National Child Development Study 2008-9 survey has just been released for use. An interim dataset based on a subset of the interviews conducted as part of the National Child Development Study 2008-9 survey has just been released by the UK Data Archive. […]

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Neville Butler Prize Winners 2009

18 March 2009

Three early-career researchers were recognised at the award ceremony in Parliament Building earlier this month. A paper comparing the characteristics of childless women and mothers in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study by Simon Whitworth and Martina Portanti, of the ONS, has won the inaugural Neville Butler Memorial Prize competition for early-career researchers. Martina and Simon received […]

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Kohort Spring 2009 Special Issue: Biomedical Data Collection

9 March 2009

This special issue focuses on the importance of the collection of biomedical data as part of longitudinal studies.

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Shirley Dex to present a talk on Gender Inequality

2 March 2009

Shirley Dex, Professor of Longitudinal Social Research in Education at CLS, will speak at Queens College, Cambridge, on Friday 6th March, as part of a programme of talks called ‘The Credit Crunch: Gender Equality in Hard times’

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New book on longitudinal survey methodology features CLS researcher

18 February 2009

Lisa Calderwood, Senior Survey Manager at CLS, has contributed to the recently published title Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys.

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PRESS RELEASE: Grandparents are not always the most effective childcarers, researchers say

10 February 2009

Many babies who are looked after by grandparents while their mothers are out at work might be better off in nurseries or crèches, a new study suggests.

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PRESS RELEASE: Grandparents are not always the most effective childcarers, researchers say

10 February 2009

Many babies who are looked after by grandparents while their mothers are out at work might be better off in nurseries or crèches, a new study suggests.

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‘Parents Matter’ International Conference

30 January 2009

Longview, NatCen and the University of Oxford are holding an international conference entitled ‘Parents Matter’ on March 26 and 27, 2009.

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New NCDS biomedical data released

30 January 2009

The data from the biomedical survey of the NCDS, when they were aged 44–45 years, has just been released by the UK Data Archive.

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New BCS70 dataset released

20 January 2009

CLS is pleased to announce that a new dataset, the BCS70 16-Year Arithmetic Test, has been released to users via the UK Data Archive

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