Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF)
ACONF is one of the three Aberdeen Birth Cohorts whose participants had completed tests of reading and mental ability as schoolchildren in Aberdeen, Scotland. Decades later, these children were recontacted and followed as adults. ACONF includes 12,150 individuals (6,282 males, 5,868 females) who were born between 1950-1956, took reading and maths tests as part of a study on the causes of learning disabilities by the University of Aberdeen during primary school (aged 6-12 years), and were recontacted in 1999 to establish the cohort.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
12,150 (participants)
Age at first data collection
6 - 12 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1950 - 1956 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1962
Primary Institutions
University of Aberdeen
Links
abdn.ac.uk/achds/environment/birth-cohorts/children-of-the-1950s-317.php
neurodegenerationresearch.eu/cohort/aberdeen-children-of-the-1950s/
exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/exhibits/show/aberdeens-children/introduction
Profile paper DOI
Funders
University of Aberdeen
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
