Growing Up in Scotland: Birth Cohort 1 (GUS)
Growing Up in Scotland tracks the lives of thousands of young people and their families from the early years, through childhood, and now as they move into adulthood. The comprises three cohorts of children: one child cohort and two birth cohorts. Growing Up in Scotland: Birth Cohort 1 contains over 5,000 children born between June 2004 and May 2005. Data was collected annually from their families between the ages of 10 months and just under 6 years, then every 2 years until the children were aged 14 and mostly in their third year of secondary school.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
5,217 (participants)
Age at first data collection
10 months (participants)
Participant year of birth
2004 - 2005 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
All families with children born in 2004 - 2005 living in Scotland.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2005
Primary Institutions
Scottish Centre for Social Research
University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Scottish Government
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Wearable devices
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
