The 1895 Danish Birth Cohort
The Danish Birth Cohort Studies include 4 birth cohorts of participants born in 1895, 1905, 1910, and 1915. The study included all individuals born between April 1, 1895, and May 31, 1896, with a total participation rate of 75% (207 participants). Males had a higher participation rate (83%) compared to females (73%), and non-participants exhibited higher 6-month mortality; the same survey team conducted seven follow-ups until the entire cohort had passed away.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
207 (participants)
Age at first data collection
100 (participants)
Participant year of birth
1895 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1995
Primary Institutions
University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet, SDU) (Academic, Denmark)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Agnes and Knut Mørk Foundation (Third Sector, Denmark)
Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI) (Government, Denmark)
Danish Aging Research Center (Academic, Denmark)
Danish Council for Independent Research (now known as Independent Research Fund Denmark, Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond) (Research council, Denmark)
Danish Health Insurance Foundation (Third Sector, Denmark)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
