Toddlers Up
The Toddlers Up study aims to examine relations between cognitive and social influences on younger children's development. Participating families were recruited through mother–toddler groups in low-income neighbourhoods and support groups for mothers in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. All mothers of children within the study had a toddler between 24 and 36 months of age and speak English as a first language. 143 mothers with a toddler between 24 and 36 months of age participated in Of the 192 families contacted, 140 (73%) consented to participate in the study. Children were followed up at ages 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
143 (mothers)
143 (children)
Age at first data collection
2 - 3 years (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
No information found
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2006
Primary Institutions
University of Cambridge
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Health Foundation
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Ethnography or participant observation
- None
- None
Engagement
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