Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
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 […]
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:
Tens of thousands of secondary school pupils across England will be invited to take part this week in COSMO – the largest study of its kind into the effects of COVID-19 on a generation of young people.
A new issue of the journal Longitudinal and Life Course Studies appeared this week, featuring three new sets of findings from birth cohort data
The European Science Foundation has awarded funding to a joint project which aims to bring together leaders of national and regional children’s cohort studies, including the Millennium Cohort.
Harmonised data from the 1946, 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts on childhood environment and experiences are now available to the global research community via the UK Data Service.
A new, searchable, online guide on physical activity measures used in six longitudinal studies, including the 1958, 1970 and Millennium birth cohorts, has been launched by CLOSER.
It is now possible to use the SPSS package to analyse data from the Millennium Cohort Study – this guide shows you how
A new CLS Working Paper is published this week giving guidance on how to adjust for nonresponse in MCS sweep 3.
New network aims to promote the exchange of information and ideas between those running and analysing cohort studies of children in different countries.
From October 2004 the new ESRC Resource Centre, based at the Institution of Education, has been able to provide a secure home for three of the British Birth Cohorts.
Professor Jane Elliott is to take over as director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, which houses three of Britain’s internationally-renowned birth cohort studies. She will succeed Professor Heather Joshi, who is stepping down after seven years in the post.
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