National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD)
NSHD is the oldest and longest running continually-studied British birth cohort study. The sample consists of 5,362 men and women born in England, Scotland and Wales in 1946 to married mothers who are still resident in England, Wales, or Scotland. The sample was distributed geographically in proportion to the national population.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
5,362 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1946 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1946
Primary Institutions
University College London (UCL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Adelphi Genetics Forum
Alcohol Education Research Council
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
European Commission
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
