Millennium Cohort Study (UK) (MCS)
The MCS is a national longitudinal birth cohort study following the lives of around 19,000 young people born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-2002. The study began with an original sample of 18,818 children from 18,552 families selected from a random sample of electoral wards. The recruitment strategy of the cohort aimed to ensure adequate representation of all four countries of the United Kingdom, deprived areas and areas with high concentrations of Black and Asian families.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
18,818 (children)
Age at first data collection
9 months (children)
Participant year of birth
2000 - 2002 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The United Kingdom population born in 2000 - 2001.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
University College London (UCL)
Links
cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/millennium-cohort-study/
discovery.closer.ac.uk/item/uk.cls.mcs/0d8a7220-c61b-4542-967d-a40cb5aca430
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department for Education (DfE)
Department for Education and Skills
Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Department of Education (An Roinn Oideachais, DENI)
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
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Wearable devices
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
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