Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) follows the lives of over 14,500 people born between April 1991 and December 1992, and their family members. ALSPAC participants were born to mothers residing in the Bristol & District Health Authority Area (Former Avon Health Authority Area) at the time.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
14,541 (mothers)
14,062 (children)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
1991 - 1992 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1990
Primary Institutions
University of Bristol
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- Interviews or focus groups
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Social media & technology use data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
