Here you can search our series of working papers, dating back to 1983. These papers use data from our four cohort studies and cover a wide range of topics, from social inequalities and mobility, to physical health, education and cognitive development. Other papers in the series seek to improve the practice of longitudinal research. At the present time, we are only able to accept papers if at least one author is a member of the CLS research team. Some of the working papers below will subsequently have been published in peer-reviewed journals.
For more information about our working papers series, please email us at clsworkingpapers@ucl.ac.uk.
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Applied statistical methods
Improving the plausibility of the missing at random assumption in the 1958 British birth cohort: A pragmatic data driven approach – CLS working paper 2020/6
This paper presents a systematic data-driven approach to identify predictors of non-response at each sweep of the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) and demonstrates that including such variables in analyses with principled methods can reduce bias due to missing data.
Date published: 27 April 2020
Housing and local environment
The index of local area relative disadvantage- A cross-country comparison- CLS working paper 2018/3
This paper proposes a measure of ecological disadvantage– the Index of Local Area Relative Disadvantage (ILARD) – for use in comparative cross-country research on neighbourhood effects.
Date published: 13 August 2018
Child development
The impact of maternal employment on children’s weight: Evidence from the UK- CLS working paper 2018/2
In this paper, the researchers examine the effect of maternal employment during childhood on children’s weight.
Date published: 1 March 2018
Child development
Father departure from the household and childhood mental health: how does timing matter?- CLS working paper 2018/1
In this working paper, the researchers employed a fixed effects method to estimate the effect of paternal departure from the household on children’s socio-emotional outcomes.
Date published: 1 February 2018
Education
Is the future female? Educational and occupational aspirations of teenage boys and girls in the UK- CLS working paper 2017/17
In this paper, the researchers examine the educational expectations and occupational aspirations of contemporary teenagers in the UK, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study age 14 survey.
Date published: 13 December 2017
Child development
Prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence- CLS working paper 2017/16
This working paper analyses objective data on BMI and overweight/obesity status among
adolescents aged 14 in 2015.
Date published: 12 December 2017
Child development
Measuring young people’s physical activity using accelerometers in the UK Millennium Cohort Study- CLS working paper 2017/15
This paper presents the approach taken to the implementation of activity monitors on the main stage of the Millennium Cohort Study Age 14 Survey, and highlights a number of considerations for the implementation of objective physical activity data collection in large-scale face-to-face surveys.
Date published: 29 November 2017
Child development
The intergenerational transmission of vocabulary- CLS working paper 2017/14
This paper examines the relationship between parents’ and children’s vocabulary scores for a nationally representative birth cohort born in the UK – the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). We investigate both socio-economic and ethnic differentials in children’s vocabulary scores, and the role of differences in parents’ vocabulary scores in accounting for these.
Date published: 23 November 2017
Collecting Multiple Data Linkage Consents in a Mixed Mode Survey: Evidence and Lessons Learnt from Next Steps- CLS working paper 2017/13
Linking survey responses with administrative data is a promising practice to increase the range of research questions to be explored, at a limited interview burden, both for respondents and interviewers. This paper describes the protocol for asking consent to data linkage on nine different sources in a large-scale nationally representative survey of young adults in England: the Next Steps Age 25 Survey.
Date published: 7 November 2017
What role do enjoyment and students’ perception of ability play in social disparities in subject choices at university?- CLS working paper 2017/12
This study used a large, representative sample of university students studying in England to explore the relationship between student attitudes and socio-economic disparities in subject choices.
Date published: 29 August 2017
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