Hertfordshire Cohort Study

HCS

The Hertfordshire Cohort Study (HCS) comprises a nationally unique study of 3,000 men and women born during the period 1931-1939 and still resident in the English county of Hertfordshire during...

MRC National Survey of Health and Development

1946 British birth cohort study

The Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) is the oldest and longest running of the British birth cohort studies; it is a nationally representative sample...

1958 National Child Development Study

1958 British birth cohort study

The 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) follows the lives of 17,415 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1958. NCDS started in 1958 as the...

1970 British Cohort Study

The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) follows the lives of 17,198 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. BCS70 began as the British Births Survey...

Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Children of the 90s

Established in 1991, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) charts the lives of 14,500 people born in the former county of Avon between April 1991 and December...

Southampton Women’s Survey

SWS

The Southampton Women’s Survey (SWS) is the only birth cohort study in Europe in which the mothers were recruited before conception of the child. It is run by the MRC...

Millennium Cohort Study

Child of the New Century, MCS

The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is following the lives of 19,517 children born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-01. A renewed interest in child wellbeing in the late...

CLOSER

CLOSER does not run a study itself but instead brings together eight world-leading longitudinal studies with participants born throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Its work maximises the use, value and...

Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study

Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study follows the lives of thousands of individuals within households over time.  It is an internationally recognised study and provides vital evidence for scientists...