Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
Children living in damp and overcrowded homes missed three weeks more of school over the course of compulsory education than their peers in better quality housing.
Next Steps is following the lives of around 16,000 people in England born in 1989-90. The Age 32 Sweep took place between April 2022 and September 2023. Initial findings from age 32 paint a picture of how this generation is managing careers, finances and parenthood against a backdrop of unprecedented social change.
Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.
Female graduates are less likely than non-graduates to become parents by their mid-40s, with this ‘fertility gap’ driven primarily by women who were the first in their family (FiF) to attend university.
While parenthood is linked with better mental health, new UCL research reveals social and economic circumstances also matter.
Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service.
Two fifths of 32-year-olds in England want children – or more children, if they are already parents – but only one in four of them are actively trying to conceive.
This webinar recording highlights some examples of research on families and relationships using CLS’ unique series of UK national cohort studies.
People who remain members of clubs and societies throughout their lives tend to have a higher daily step count and exercise more in their mid-40s.
The trauma associated with care experience casts a long shadow on mothers’ mental health and that of their children, finds new UCL research released today (7 February 2024).
Being an only child doesn’t affect your development – family background matters more.
This webinar gives an overview of the data available on care and research opportunities in the four internationally-renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS).
Generation Z children born into the poorest fifth of families in the UK are 12 times more likely to experience a raft of poor health and educational outcomes by the age of 17 compared to more affluent peers, finds a new report led by UCL researchers.
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