Born in Bradford Age of Wonder (BiB AoW)
Born in Bradford Age of Wonder is a seven-year research programme exploring the contemporary lived experience amongst multi-ethnic adolescents progressing into young adulthood in the city of Bradford, England. The programme has recruited students in year groups 8, 9 and 10 (aged 12-15 years) each academic year since 2022-23 from consenting secondary schools in the Bradford district, with over 4,900 students taking part during the first academic year. Longitudinal data is therefore collected for students progressing through the relevant year groups at participating schools. The programme includes some members of the original Born In Bradford (BiB) cohort, alongside newly recruited non-BiB children from these year groups. Subsequent data has been collected from students during the 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26 academic years.
Study design
Cohort - open, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
4,953 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
12 - 15 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2022
Primary Institutions
National Health Service (NHS)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
