Growing Up in Scotland: Birth Cohort 2 (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. It comprises three cohorts of children: one child cohort and two birth cohorts. Growing Up in Scotland: Birth Cohort 2 consists of over 6,000 children born between March 2010 and February 2011.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
6,127 (participants)
Age at first data collection
10 months (participants)
Participant year of birth
2010 - 2011 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
All families and children born in 2010 - 2011 living in Scotland.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2010
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?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – online
- Interview – phone
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
