Ready or Not Study (RoN)
The RoN Study aimed to investigate the relations between children’s wellbeing and ‘school readiness’. Children and their caregivers in England were recruited to participate in a 12-month longitudinal study while the children were enrolled in Reception Year (i.e., the final year of the Early Years Foundation Stage in England) in Spring/Summer 2021. Children and their primary caregivers were seen on two occasions approximately 12 months apart. At baseline, 252 children (mean aged 5.40 years) and their caregivers (92.7% mothers, mean aged 38.63 years) participated in the study.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
252 (caregiver-child pairs)
Age at first data collection
4 - 5 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2021
Primary Institutions
Cardiff University
University of Birmingham
University of Cambridge
University of Sussex
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
WEMP Foundation
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – online
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- Ethnography or participant observation
- None
- None
Engagement
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