National Child Development Study (NCDS)
NCDS is a multidisciplinary national longitudinal birth cohort study of over 17,000 people born in the same week in 1958 in England, Scotland, and Wales. While the study began as a cross-sectional survey investigating perinatal mortality, participants were re-contacted at age 7 and have been followed up across development. In the first three sweeps of the study (at ages 7, 11 and 16), the target sample was supplemented to include people who migrated to the United Kingdom (still born in the same week in 1958).
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
17,415 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1958 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
UK population born in 1958.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1958
Primary Institutions
University College London (UCL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department for Education (DfE)
Department for Education and Skills
Department of Education and Science (now known as Department for Education)
Department of Employment (now known as Department for Work and Pensions)
Department of Health (An Roinn Sláinte, DoH)
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 – online
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Qualitative survey
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
