Working papers

Stratification in youth- CLS working paper 1986/5

Gill Jones’s research looks at what has happened to young people aged 23 in the NCDS 1958 cohort since they left full-time education, looking at notions such as youth as a transition, and the place of young adults in the social structure.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, young adult, housing, social class, gender.

Effects of ability grouping in secondary schools in Great Britain- CLS working paper 1986/3

Alan C. Kerckhoff’s research compares those in the NCDS 1958 cohort who have been  educated in ability groups with those who have not.   Covariates are social background, parental influences, school influences, and contingencies such as residential moves from birth to age 11.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, education, streaming, ability

Health and social mobility during the early years of life- CLS working paper 1986/2

Chris Power,  Ken Fogelman and John Fox describe a DHSS-funded project concerned with relationships between social class, social mobility and health during the early years of life.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, social class, SES, social mobility, health, young adult.

Report on the longitudinal exploitation of the National Child Development Study in areas of interest to the DHSS- CLS working paper 1986/1

Mildred Blaxter reviews the value of all the longitudinal research done so far on the NCDS cohort, under the following broad categories:

Social mobility, inequality and health;

Social and geographical mobility, the environement and health;

Stress in childhood;

The long-term effects of adverse factors at birth;

The sequellae of developmental and behavioural problems;

The conseqeuences of labelling;

The predictive value of different assessments;

The natural history of specific conditions;

The study of special sub-groups;

Accidents;

Health and employment/unemployment;

Emotional problems and health;

Alcohol consumption;

Smoking;

Intergenerational analyses.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, alcohol, smoking, drinking, emotional problems, adolescence, young adult, education, employment.

A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption amongst young adults in Britain, Part III: childhood and adolescent characteristics associated with drinking behaviour in early adulthood- CLS working paper 1985/15

In this third piece of research in a 3-part series, Mayer Ghodsian analyses the relationship between alcohol consumption early-adulthood (age 23) and its associations with a wide range of characteristics during childhood and adolescence in the NCDS 1958 cohort.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, alcohol, intoxication, drinking, adolescence, young adult.

A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption amongst young adults in Britain, Part II: a national longitudinal study of alcohol consumption between the ages of 16 and 23- CLS working paper 1985/14

In this second piece of research in a 3-part series, Chris Power and Mayer Ghodsian analyse the relationship between alcohol consumption in adolescence (age 16) and early-adulthood (age 23) in the NCDS 1958 cohort.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, alcohol, intoxication, drinking, adolescence, young adult.

A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption amongst young adults in Britain, Part I: alcohol consumption and associated factors in young adults in Britain- CLS working paper 1985/13

In this first piece of research in a 3-part series, Chris Power analyses the personal, social and economic characteristics of young adults in relation to alcohol consumption, using the NCDS 1958 cohort follow-up at age 23.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, alcohol, intoxication, drinking, young adult.

After School – the education and training experiences of the 1958 cohort- CLS working paper 1985/12

Ken Fogelman looks at  cohort members’ experiences between the ages of 16 and 23 in terms of apprenticeship training, non-apprenticeship training, post-school education for qualifications, unsuccessful courses, non-qualification educational courses,  discontinuities between school and subsequent achievement and  educational plans at 23.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, education, employment, training, apprenticeship, qualifications.

Publications, etc. arising from the National Child Development Study (revised March 1995)- CLS working paper 1985/11

This comprehensive list of publications arising from NCDS was prepared by the NCDS User Support Group in 1985, and updated in 1995.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, Perinatal Mortality Survey, NCDS, National Child Development Study, publications, multidisciplinary, education, employment, family formation, health, migration.

The National Child Development Study: an introduction to the origins of the study and the methods of data collection- CLS working paper 1985/10

Peter Shepherd explains how NCDS originated in the 1958 Perinatal Mortality Survey, and expanded its reach thereafter, through various successive sources of funding, into a multidisciplinary longitudinal study  looking at health, education, employment, health behaviours, family formation, and the ageing process.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, Perinatal Mortality Survey, NCDS, National Child Development Study, education, employment, data collection, survey methods, funding.

TOPS trainees- CLS working paper 1985/8

Joan Payne analyses the experience of those members of the 1958 cohort who undertook TOPS courses (Training Opportunities) during the period of being aged 16-23: their career before and after the TOPS  course, their expectations, the characteristics of the course,and their view of the course in retrospect.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, young adult, education, qualifications, employment, unemployment, TOPS, Training Opportunities

Characteristics of training courses- CLS working paper 1985/9

Joan Payne analyses the experience of those members of the 1958 cohort who undertook courses during the period of being aged 16-23: how many received training, the structure and location of the courses, subjects and qualifications gained.

Keywords: 1958 birth cohort, NCDS, National Child Development Study, young adult, education, qualifications, employment, training.