National Child Development Study
Overview
- Acronym
- NCDS
- Website
- NCDS
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 1958 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Since the birth survey in 1958, there have been eight further ‘sweeps’ of all cohort members at ages 7, 11, 16, 23, 33, 42, 46 and 50.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 18,558
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 9,337
- Supplementary Information
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Cohort members have been the prime source of data but in the early sweeps data was collected from parents (mothers in the majority of cases), teachers and doctors. At the age of 33 data was also collected from co-resident partners and for a third of the sample data was also collected from any co-resident natural or adopted children of the cohort member.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
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Marker Paper
Chris Power and Jane Elliott, Cohort profile: 1958 British birth cohort (National Child Development Study)
PUBMED 16155052Supplementary Information
The National Child Development Study is also known as the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study.
A searchable bibliography of published research based on data collected by the National Child Development Study is provided on the Centre for Longitudinal Studies website: www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/bibliography
Timeline
Population
The NCDS follows the lives of all people born in England, Scotland and Wales in one particular week of March 1958. In the first three sweeps (at ages 7, 11 and 16), the target sample was augmented to include immigrants born in the same week.
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Countries
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- United Kingdom
- Territory
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England, Scotland and Wales
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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Other specific population :
All births in one particular week in March 1958 in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Other specific population :
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 18,558
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 9,337
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | NCDS - PMS |
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1958 | 1958 | |
| 1 | NCDS - NCDS1 |
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1965 | 1965 | |
| 2 | NCDS - NCDS2 |
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1969 (March) | 1970 (April) | |
| 3 | NCDS - NCDS3 |
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1974 | 1974 | |
| 4 | NCDS - EXAMS |
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1978 | 1978 | |
| 5 | NCDS - NCDS4 |
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1981 (August) | 1982 (March) | |
| 6 | NCDS - NCDS5 |
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1991 (May) | 1991 (December) | |
| 7 | NCDS - NCDS6 |
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1999 (November) | 2000 (September) | |
| 8 | NCDS - Biomedical |
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2002 (September) | 2003 (December) |
| 9 | NCDS - NCDS7 |
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2004 (June) | 2005 (November) | |
| 10 | NCDS - NCDS8 |
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2008 (August) | 2009 (May) | |
| 11 | NCDS - NCSD9 |
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2013 (September) | 2014 (January) |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
Networks
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