Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 (NFBC1986)
The NFBC1986 is part of the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts and includes over 9,000 mothers whose children had expected birth dates between July 1st, 1985, and June 30th, 1986, and were based in Oulu and Lapland: the most northern parts of Finland. Almost 9,500 children were born into the cohort. The participants were followed up after 1 year, 7 years, 8 years, 15 years, and 33 years.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
9,432 (children)
9,362 (mothers)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
1985 - 1986 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1984
Primary Institutions
University of Oulu (Oulun yliopisto)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nordisk Forskeruddannelses Akademi (NorFA)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – unspecified
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Education data
- Employer data
- Healthcare data
- Other government data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
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