Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data Mother-Baby cohort (ECHILD-MB)
The ECHILD-MB cohort is a linked cohort combining data from the National Health Service (NHS) Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) with the National Pupil Database in England, United Kingdom. Over 13 million birth records from HES between 1 April 1997 and 31 January 2022 have been linked to delivery records of over 8 million mothers to aid investigation of the intergenerational effects of maternal exposures before and during pregnancy. The cohort is nested within the ECHILD database, which links routinely collected administrative data on health and education for children and young people in England.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
8,050,662 (mothers)
13,635,655 (children)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The cohort was representative of national birth statistics when comparing distributions of gestational age, birthweight, and maternal age.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
University College London (UCL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Social care data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
