Our studies
Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
Young people today are more likely to be depressed and to self-harm than they were 10 years ago, but antisocial behaviour and substance use – often thought to go hand-in-hand with mental ill-health – are on the decline.
Higher education has been less lucrative for women of Generation X than it was for the Baby Boomers, new research reveals.
Choosing the right field of study is more important than attending an elite university for those aiming to become top earners by middle age, according to new findings from the UCL Institute of Education.
A round-up of journal papers and other research published in December and January using CLS study data.
The expansion of educational opportunities has not translated into better social mobility chances for those from less well-off families, according to findings from the 1946, 1958 and 1970 British birth cohort studies and Understanding Society.
We join in the sadness felt among the UCL community at the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II.
New Data from the National Child Development Study, 1970 British Cohort Study and the Millennium Cohort Study is available to download from the Data Archive. NCDS Data for 1958-2000 has been restructured and redeposited, with a number of improvements. SN 5565 Childhood Data, Sweeps 0-3, 1958-1974 SN 5566 Sweep 4, 1981 (SN5566) SN 5567 Sweep […]
New data from the Age 46 Sweep of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) are now available for researchers to download from the UK Data Service.
CLS staff to present papers and a data discovery workshop at the SLLS conference in Bielefeld, Germany 26-30 September 2011
Data from the age 42 survey of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is now available to download from the UK Data Service.
Height differences between MCS parents suggest women may prefer their men to be taller than them – but not too much taller – according to a new study from Groningen University.
Celebrating 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study – We have come to the end of our journey through the first 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study, and now look to the very recent past: the COVID-19 Survey, which gives researchers unprecedented opportunities for cross-cohort comparison.
Ryan Bradshaw
Senior Communications Officer
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Email: r.bradshaw@ucl.ac.uk
Find the latest developments and insights from across all our longitudinal studies.
The CLS 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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