Polygenic scores released for four national cohort studies | CLS
The research community can now access a range of polygenic scores from more than 30,000 people taking part in four of the UK’s national cohort studies.| CLS
Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service. The post Research on fertility and families enhanced with new harmonised cohort data appeared first on CLS.| CLS
Harmonised data on diabetes from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service. The post Diabetes research enhanced with new harmonised datasets appeared first on CLS.| CLS
Harmonised data on asthma from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service. The post Harmonised datasets on asthma open up new research opportunities appeared first on CLS.| CLS
The research community can now access a range of polygenic scores from more than 30,000 people taking part in four of the UK’s national cohort studies.| CLS
A wide range of public engagement work with diverse groups of parents of young children and young people took place throughout during the development of the study.| CLS
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Data from Wave 2 of the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study is now available to researchers interested in exploring how COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis has affected the lives of 17-18-year-olds across England.| CLS
Up to 34% of A-level students are considering living at home if they get into their preferred university next week, according to new UCL and Sutton Trust research, using data from the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) study.| CLS
Nearly two fifths of 17-18 year olds from the most disadvantaged areas have struggled to receive the mental health support they need in the past year.| CLS
The UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies is to lead the first new UK-wide scientific study of babies in a quarter of a century. Generation New Era study will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026, during their early years, and potentially beyond.| CLS
Sexual minority women and bisexual adults are at the greatest risk of asthma, with disparities between them and their heterosexual counterparts worsening across life.| CLS
CLS is holding a series of in-person consultation events in October 2025 to seek input on plans for a new nationwide birth cohort study – Generation New Era.| CLS
Just one in five 32-year-olds in England think immigration has a negative impact on the economy while less than a third believe the number of immigrants should be reduced. The post Most millennials not opposed to immigration appeared first on CLS.| CLS
Among members of generation X, born in 1970, those who remained in education after age 18 had the best diet at age 46. The post Experiences at college and university may have long-term benefits for diet and health appeared first on CLS.| CLS
Professor Alissa Goodman has announced she will be passing on the baton as CLS Director later this year, after more than a decade of leadership. The post Professor Alissa Goodman to step aside as Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies appeared first on CLS.| CLS
Adolescents from deprived neighbourhoods with psychological difficulties are less likely to attend hospital for mental health-related issues than their advantaged peers with similar problems.| CLS
The UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies is a world-leading centre for research, scientific development and operational management of a unique series of nationally representative UK longitudinal studies.| CLS
These follow multiple generations of people across the whole of their lives. We survey cohort members at regular intervals, each time collecting information on the different aspects of their lives. The studies are rich resources, offering researchers a breadth and depth of data that can be used to answer a wide range of questions. The […]| CLS
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The COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities study (COSMO) is a national cohort study of more than 12,000 young people from across England, who were in Year 11 in the academic year 2020-21.| CLS
The 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) is following the lives of an initial 17,415 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1958.| CLS
This blog discusses different ways that population subgroups can be analysed and how sample sizes and statistical power are maintained| CLS
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The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is following the lives of around 19,000 young people born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-02.| CLS
The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is following the lives of around 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970.| CLS
