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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.
Delegates from the scientific community, government departments, members of the third sector and other stakeholders were invited to give their ideas and discuss scientific priorities for the data collection instruments for the Age 60 Survey of the National Child Development Study (NCDS).
The latest version of the National Child Development Study: Activity Histories (1974-2013) has been released at the UK Data Archive.
New data have been released from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) and the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS). Revised NCDS childhood dataset: additional variables from the birth survey Researchers can now access a new version of the NCDS childhood dataset, which covers information collected from 1958-1974 in the first three NCDS surveys. The […]
Why do some people become involved in local clubs or volunteer to help in their community while others prefer to stay at home?
Prof Alissa Goodman has been appointed as Principal Investigator of the 1958 National Child Development Study and Professor of Economics in the IOE’s Department of Quantitative Social Science.
The Sutton Trust’s latest report into education mobility, an indicator of future social mobility, has found that children’s levels of achievement are more closely linked to their parents’ background in England than in many other developed nations.
The first deposit of data from the 8th follow-up of the National Child Development Study, which took place in 2008/9 when cohort members were 50 years old, is now available from the UK Data Archive.
CLS would be grateful if anyone who is carrying out research using data from any of the three birth cohort studies could remember to notify us of all resultant publications.
On Tuesday 16 February Radio 4 launched a fascinating new five-part series called When I Grow Up.
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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Our bibliography is a searchable database of published work based on our cohort studies. Search by keyword, author, date range and journal.
Data from our studies are mainly available through the UK Data Service. We run training to support researchers who are interested in using our studies in their work.
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