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Mental Health Data Tools: Harmony & TIDAL Workshop

21 July 2023

During this half-day in-person event attendees got an introduction to two new digital tools that were designed for researchers working with longitudinal data.

Consultation on the content and design of an Early Life Cohort Feasibility study for the UK

6 May 2021

This is a consultation organised by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies. We are seeking your input into the scientific direction and design of a new study, testing the feasibility of a new birth cohort study for the UK.

Millennium Cohort Study Age 22 Sweep: Consultative Workshop

26 April 2021

Over 50 stakeholders joined us for an interactive half-day event to help shape the content of the Millennium Cohort Study Age 22 Sweep. Participants attended themed discussion sessions to explore the key topics and questions to include in the next survey.

Handling missing data in the British cohort studies

13 January 2021

In this online workshop attendees will learn why principled methods of missing data handling are usually required to reduce bias and restore sample representativeness in long-running cohort studies. They will also discover how to undertake such analyses in practice. Analyses will be demonstrated using Stata, with a focus on multiple imputation. The 1958 National Child […]

Handling missing data in the British cohort studies

16 December 2020

In this online workshop attendees learnt why principled methods of missing data handling are usually required to reduce bias and restore sample representativeness in long-running cohort studies. They also discovered how to undertake such analyses in practice. Analyses was demonstrated using Stata, with a focus on multiple imputation. The 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) […]

COVID-19 Data Dive: Exploring the social and economic impacts of the pandemic

8 October 2020

CLS is delighted to support this innovative event hosted by the UK Data Service. The challenge What do we know and what do we still need to ask about COVID-19 and its social and economic impacts on society using data such as the CLS national longitudinal cohort studies and the Understanding Society UK Household Longitudinal […]

Postponed: Handling missing data in the British cohort studies

25 November 2019

Attendees will learn why principled methods of missing data handling are usually required to obtain unbiased estimates in long-running cohort studies, learn how to undertake such analyses, and gain practical experience of doing so themselves using Stata, with a focus on multiple imputation. The National Child Development Study (NCDS) will be used throughout as a case study.

Handling missing data in the British cohort studies

16 October 2019

Attendees will learn why principled methods of missing data handling are usually required to obtain unbiased estimates in long-running cohort studies, learn how to undertake such analyses, and gain practical experience of doing so themselves using Stata, with a focus on multiple imputation. The National Child Development Study (NCDS) will be used throughout as a case study.

Harmonising mental health measurements from the British birth cohorts

23 April 2019

At this event, organised by CLOSER, we will present results on the measurement properties of mental health measures, before and after harmonising these so that they can be compared across time and study.

Train the trainer: a workshop to explore longitudinal data to inform your teaching in quantitative social science subjects

23 April 2019

CLS are pleased to be presenting at this CLOSER workshop aimed at lecturers. This free one-day workshop will give an overview of longitudinal data available to lecturers who teach and supervise students in quantitative social science subjects.

Longitudinal data across the life course: an introduction to using cohort data

29 March 2019

Held at the University of Edinburgh, this workshop gave both first-time and more experienced data users an insight into four of the UK’s internationally-renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS). The slides from this workshop are available to download from this page.

Realising aspirations? Gender, ethnicity and job inequalities

5 September 2018

As part of the 2018 ESRC Festival of Social Science, we showcased the latest findings on young people and their career aspirations using evidence from MCS and Next Steps.

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