1987 Finnish Birth Cohort
All children entered in the 1987 Medical Birth Register (MBR) in Finland were included in the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort, including all live births and stillbirths of infants weighing more than 500 grams or having a gestational age of greater than 22 weeks. Information on the cohort comes from 11 national registries in Finland, covering information such as healthcare, births, deaths, population, child welfare, and defence forces. With the present data, the development of mental health, behaviour, and well-being from childhood to adolescence by using various social and health indicators can be studied. Special attention is given to children in at-risk groups who do not develop unfavourable outcomes.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
60,069 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1987 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Infants born in Finland in 1987.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1987
Primary Institutions
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, THL)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Academy of Finland
National Institute for Health and Welfare
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Employer data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Police & judicial system data
- Social care data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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