Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study
The Lifeways study started in 2000 and the first families were recruited in 2001. Follow-up rounds of data collection are performed at key developmental points: during pregnancy, and when the child is aged 0, aged 3/year 4, aged 5/year 6, aged 9/year 10, and with a year 2020 to 2021 follow-up. At the beginning, over a thousand mothers at antenatal clinics in the Coombe University Hospital Dublin and in University College Hospital Galway in the Republic of Ireland agreed to take part.
Study design
Cohort - intergenerational, Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
1,124 (mothers)
330 (fathers)
1,094 (children)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Varied (fathers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
2001 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Varied (fathers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
University College Dublin (UCD)
Links
hiqa.ie/areas-we-work/health-information/data-collections/lifeways-cross-generation-cohort-study
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Health and Children’s Health Promotion Policy Unit
Health Research Board
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
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