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 participant’s physical, developmental, and socioeconomic data were recorded in detail up to age 15, and large-scale follow-ups of the cohort occurred at ages 50 and 60.
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 (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) (Government, United Kingdom)
Home Office (Government, United Kingdom)
Joel Joffe Trust (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Medical Research Council (MRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Police & judicial system data
Engagement
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