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BCS70
1970 British Cohort Study
www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/bcs70
[email protected]
Core funding from ESRC, co-funding from MRC for age 46 biomedical sweep
Core funding from ESRC, co-funding from MRC for age 46 biomedical sweep
Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing| Data collection ongoing
English
United Kingdom
Primary Samples: Stabilised samples (frozen or fixed)| Secondary samples:(derivatives of primary samples)| Secondary samples: plasma| Secondary samples: DNA
Yes, for all the cohort
http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/Bibliography.aspx?sitesectionid=647&sitesectiontitle=Bibliography
Information from childhood sweeps: Birth circumstances, birth weight, breastfeeding, general health, child development, specific conditions, disabilities/ special needs, hospital admissions, immunisation, medication, accidents, menstruation, diet, eating problems, exercise, sexual activity, smoking, drink and drugs, behavioural problems, mental health, well-being, personality, locus of control, self-esteem, social judgement, sleeping problems, medical assessments (height, weight, head circumference, audiometry, speech, co-ordination, blood pressure/pulse, vision), cognitive assessments, parental health, parental smoking, parental drinking.| Information from adult sweeps: General health, specific conditions, disability/limitations, menopause, weight, accidents, mental health, well-being, sleep, smoking, alcohol, drug use, diet, exercise, sedentary behaviour, cognition.| Information from current biomedical sweep (Age 46): Height, weight, bodyfat, waist circumference, hip circumference, blood pressure and pulse, grip strength, balance, accelerometry.
No
Age
Neurodegenerative disease in general
Data is held as individual records
No
No
No
Yes
Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource| Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource| National access| International access| Resource has own ethics approval so usually no need for separate external ethics approval
Data to be made publicly available immediately
Yes
No
CS70 follows 17,000 people born in Great Britain in one week in 1970 and collects information on physical and educational development, economic circumstances, employment, family life, health, wellbeing and attitudes
CS70 follows 17,000 people born in Great Britain in one week in 1970 and collects information on physical and educational development, economic circumstances, employment, family life, health, wellbeing and attitudes
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SULLIVAN A. and BROWN, M. (2015) Reading for pleasure and progress in vocabulary and mathematics. British Educational Research Journal, 41(6), 971-991. | MARCENARO GUTIERREZ, O, MICKLEWRIGHT, J and VIGNOLES, A. (2015) Social mobility, parental help, and the importance of networks: evidence for Britain. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 6(2), 190-211. HAMER, M., YATES, T., SHERAR, L.B., CLEMES, S.A. and SHANKAR, A. (2016) Association of after school sedentary behaviour in adolescence with mental wellbeing in adulthood. Preventive Medicine, 87, 6-10. |
More than 15,000 participants
Prospective cohort| Longitudinal
Also through links to medical records and other records
No
01/04/1970
N/A
Data collection ongoing| Data analysis ongoing| Data collection ongoing
Only through the study
Data summarised in database
No
No
No
1970 British Cohort Study
Already possible
Population Cohorts
United Kingdom
Neurodegenerative disease in general
2016