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Northern Ireland childhood disadvantage report uses MCS data

23 June 2010

A recently published report, written by CLS for the Northern Ireland Executive, presents an analysis of child outcomes at age 5 from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).

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New MCS Briefings published

24 May 2010

Fourteen Briefings, which distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume2): The first five years are now available:

News, Data release

MCS4 data now available from UK Data Archive

13 May 2010

Data from the fourth follow-up of the Millennium Cohort Study, which took place in 2008/9 when cohort members were around 7 years old, is now available from the UK Data Archive.

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Cohabitation, marriage and child outcomes study uses MCS data

23 April 2010

A new study, published this week by the Institute of Fiscal Studies, concludes that young children’s cognitive or social and emotional development does not appear to be significantly affected by the formal marital status of their parents.

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Researchers using data from the birth cohort studies (NCDS, BCS70 and MCS)

2 March 2010

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.

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Major new think-tank report uses MCS data

11 November 2009

Demos, a think tank focusing on power and politics, released a major report on 8 November identifying strong links between parenting style and character development in children.

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MCS5 (2012) Consultation process

8 October 2009

The fifth sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study is scheduled to take place in 2012 when the cohort children will be aged 11.

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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.

News, Data release

MCS3 data deposited

24 April 2008

The data and documentation from the third sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study have now been deposited in the Data Archive

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Scottish goverment publishes analysis of MCS2 findings

31 January 2008

An analysis of the findings relating to Scottish families from the Second Survey of the Millennium Cohort Study has been published by the Scottish Government.

News, Data release

New data from MCS, BCS and NCDS now available

3 May 2007

New data from MCS, BCS and NCDS is now available from the Economic and Social Data Service.

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Forthcoming MCS Workshop

10 April 2007

Are you interested in attending a forthcoming MCS Workshop?

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