Datasets
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
ALSPAC's main goal is to understand the ways in which the physical and social environment interact, over time, with the genetic inheritance to affect the child's health, behaviour and development.
www.alspac.bris.ac.uk
1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
A continuing, multi-disciplinary longitudinal study which takes as its subjects all those living in Great Britain who were born in a particular week in April, 1970.
www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/bcs
British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
The British Household Panel Survey is a multi-purpose longitudinal study that began in 1991.
www.iser.essex.ac.uk/ulsc/bhps/
Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)
The survey for the first sweep began in June 2001 and gathered information from the parents of 18,819 babies born in the UK over a 12-month period and living in selected UK wards at age 9 months.
www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/mcs
National Adult Learning Survey (NALS)
The series is used by DCSF to evaluate the effectiveness of their adult learning policies. It is also used to monitor progress in meeting the National Learning Target for adult participation.
www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Source.asp?vlnk=1329&More=Y
1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS)
A continuing, multi-disciplinary longitudinal study which takes as its subjects all those living in Great Britain who were born in one week in March 1958.
www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/ncds
Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC)
PLASC captures the information about schools required to ensure that national policy is developed sensibly and appropriately.
www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/asc/
