BaBi study, Babies in Bielefeld
The BaBi study is a prospective birth cohort study examining the health of nearly 1,000 mother-and-child-pairs in Bielefeld, Germany. The cohort includes 983 women who were recruited between 2013 and 2016 and gave birth to 995 newborns, including 24 twins. A special focus was put on recruiting women who either migrated themselves or are the offspring of immigrants, and as a result, 41% of the final cohort were from a migration background. The children were followed up until age 5 to 6 years with interviews and linkage to routine healthcare and educational data.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
995 (children)
983 (mothers)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
18 - 40 years (mothers)
Participant year of birth
2013 - 2017 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2013
Primary Institutions
Bielefeld University (Universität Bielefeld)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – phone
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
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