Norwegian Family Based Life Course Study (NFLC)
The NFLC study is a large linkage database of individuals in Norway. The cohort includes Norwegians who participated in the national census in 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, or 2001, with a personal identity number. The linkage includes data from these censuses and register information from the National Personal Registry, the Educational Registry, and the Cause of Death Registry. Using household and family information from the 1960 census, the majority of individuals have been linked to the records of their parents.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
6,272,827 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1960 (linked census data)
Primary Institutions
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI, NIPH)
University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
