Newcastle Thousand Family Study
The Newcastle Thousand Family Study was originally designed to investigate illness in the first year of life of all children born in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. All but 4 of the 1,146 children born in May and June of 1947 to mothers residing in the city were originally recruited. The current sample consists of any traceable survivor of the original cohort; in the 1997 full follow-up, at age 50 years, 89% of the surviving cohort were traced. Of these, 574 returned lengthy questionnaires, and 412 attended for clinical examination.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
1,142 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1947 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Children born in May and June of 1947 to mothers residing in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1947
Primary Institutions
Newcastle University
Links
research.ncl.ac.uk/plerg/Research/1000F/1000_home.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Families_Study,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC)
Home Office
Joel Joffe Trust
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Police & judicial system data
Engagement
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