National Childhood Development Study - 2020-21 Survey
Research type
Research Study
Full title
National Childhood Development Study 2020-21 Survey: Pilot, Dress Rehearsal, Main Stage phases
IRAS ID
252962
Contact name
Alissa Goodman
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2018/10/23 , UCL Data Protection Registration Number
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 4 months, 30 days
Research summary
The National Child Development Study is the second of Britain’s world renowned national longitudinal birth cohort studies. It attempts to follow all those born in a particular week in 1958 through the course of their lives, charting the
effects of events and circumstances in early life on outcomes and achievements later on.Since 1958 there have been ten attempts to gather information from the whole cohort. Over time, the scope of enquiry has broadened from a strictly medical focus at birth, to encompass physical and educational development at the age of
seven, physical, educational and social development at the ages of eleven and sixteen, and then to include economic development and other wider factors at ages 23, 33, 42, 46, 50, and 55. A biomedical follow-up o took place when participants were aged 44/45.The study is carried out by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), University College London (UCL).
This application relates to the next sweep of the study which will take place across 2020 to 2021, when study members will be aged between 61 and 63. Data collection will be carried out by NatCen Social Research and Kantar Public, two independent survey research organisations.
Study members will be visited and interviewed in their homes by an interviewer and a trained nurse. The sweep will involve 1) a face-to-face interview 2) a paper self-completion questionnaire 3) cognitive assessments 3) a series of health measurements 4) collection of blood samples 5) childhood circumstances questionnaire 6) an online dietary questionnaire 7) the collection of consents to link survey data with data held in administrative records
The study is core-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Additional funding for the survey is provided by the Medical Research Council, the Department of Work and Pensions, and U.S National Institute of Health.
REC name
London - Fulham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/2034
Date of REC Opinion
3 Dec 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion