National Educational Panel Study - Starting Cohort Newborns (NEPS SC1 Newborns)
NEPS is a longitudinal, multi-cohort study investigating the development of competencies and educational trajectories of individuals in Germany. Between 2012 and 2013, NEPS SC1 Newborns recruited approximately 3,400 infants aged six to eight months born in Germany, along with their family members. Participants were followed up annually until 2023. NEPS will continue under the new title NEPS next, with data collection planned approximately every five years.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
3,481 (families)
Age at first data collection
6 - 8 months (infants)
Varied (family members)
Participant year of birth
2012 (infants)
Varied (family members)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Infants born between February 2012 to July 2012 in Germany.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2012
Primary Institutions
University of Bamberg (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg)
Links
dx.doi.org/10.5157/NEPS:SC1:12.0.0
lifbi.de/en-us/Start/Research/Large-Scale-Projects/NEPS-National-Educational-Panel-Study
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- 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 – paper or computer assisted
- Ethnography or participant observation
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
