Danish Longitudinal Survey of Children (DALSC)
DALSC was initiated to provide basic representative information about a birth cohort from 1995, designed by researchers from the Danish National Centre for Social Research. DALSC is a collective name for three samples of children, who were born in 1995 and living in Denmark at the time of the survey. The samples are also referred to as ‘‘The Danish Survey’’ (,6011 children), ‘‘The Ethnic Survey’’ (611 children), and ‘‘Children in Care (CiC)" (576 children). Surveys have taken place in 1996 (soon after birth), 1999 (age 3), 2003 (age 7), 2007 (age 11), and 2011 (age 15).
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
7,198 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1995 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Children living in Denmark born in 1995, by mothers with Danish citizenship, by mothers with citizenship in ex-Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Turkey, and Lebanon, and all children born in 1995 that are, or who have been, placed in out-of-home care environments.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1996
Primary Institutions
Danish Centre for Social Science Research (Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd, VIVE)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing (Social- og Boligministeriet)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Employer data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Other government data
- Police & judicial system data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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