1970 British Cohort Study - Age 50 Survey
Research type
Research Study
Full title
1970 British Cohort Study - Age 50 survey: Pilot and Main Stage phases.
IRAS ID
270279
Contact name
Alice Sullivan
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 29 days
Research summary
The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is a longitudinal birth cohort study which aims to follow all those living in England, Scotland and Wales who were born in one particular week in April 1970. The study charts the effects of events and circumstances in early life on outcomes and achievements later on.
Since 1970 there have been nine follow ups. The scope of enquiry has broadened from a strictly medical focus at birth to encompass physical and educational development at the age of five, physical, educational and social development at the ages of ten and sixteen, and then to include economic development and other wider factors at ages 26, 29, 34, 38, 42 and 46.
The study is run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London.
This application relates to the next sweep of the study which will take place from early 2020 to mid 2021, when study members will be aged 49 to 51. Data collection will be carried out by two idenpendent survey research organisations: NatCen Centre for Social Research and Kantar Public.
Study members will be visited and interviewed in their homes by trained interviewers. The Age 50 Survey will also involve: 1) a paper self-completion questionnaire 2)cognitive assessments 3) an online dietary questionnaire 4) collection of consents to link health and economic records to the survey data collected and 5) download and play a smarthphone based game assessing navigational skills (SeaHeroQuest).
The study is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
REC name
London - Brighton & Sussex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/1757
Date of REC Opinion
19 Dec 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion