DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5560-3
title: National Child Development Study Response and Outcomes Dataset, 1958-2013
title: National Child Development Study, 1958-
title: NCDS

description: The &lt;i&gt;National Child Development Study Response and Outcomes Dataset, 1958-2013&lt;/i&gt; includes information on survey response and outcomes of members of the NCDS birth cohort from 1958 to 2013. This information has been taken from the records maintained by the organisations responsible for the study over the past fifty years. This dataset previously included data on known deaths of cohort members but these data are now available under Special Licence access conditions only from SN 7717 - &lt;i&gt;National Child Development Deaths Dataset, 1958-2014: Special Licence Access&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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For the fifth edition (August 2015) an updated version of the data was deposited, with incorrect allocation of cases to OUTCME09 categories 6, 7 and 8 amended. The user guide has also been updated.&lt;br&gt;
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 The &lt;I&gt;National Child Development Study&lt;/I&gt; (NCDS) originated in the &lt;I&gt;Perinatal Mortality Survey&lt;/I&gt; (see SN 5565), which examined social and obstetric factors associated with still birth and infant mortality among over 17,000 babies born in Britain in one week in March 1958. Surviving members of this birth cohort have been surveyed on eight further occasions in order to monitor their changing health, education, social and economic circumstances - in 1965 at age 7, 1969 at age 11, 1974 at age 16 (the first three sweeps are also held under SN 5565), 1981 (age 23 - SN 5566), 1991 (age 33 - SN 5567), 1999/2000 (age 41/2 - SN 5578), 2004-2005 (age 46/47 - SN 5579), 2008-2009 (age 50 - SN 6137) and 2013 (age 55 - SN 7669).&lt;br&gt;
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There have also been surveys of sub-samples of the cohort, the most recent occurring in 1995 (age 37), when a 10% representative sub-sample was assessed for difficulties with basic skills (SN 4992). Finally, during 2002-2004, 9,340 NCDS cohort members participated in a bio-medical survey, carried out by qualified nurses (SN 5594, available under more restrictive Special Licence access conditions; see catalogue record for details). The bio-medical survey did not cover any of the topics included in the 2004/2005 survey. Further NCDS data separate to the main surveys include a response and deaths dataset, parent migration studies, employment, activity and partnership histories, behavioural studies and essays - see the &lt;a href="http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=2000032" title="NCDS series page"&gt;NCDS series page&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;br&gt;
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Further information about the NCDS can be found on the &lt;a href="http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk" title="Centre for Longitudinal Studies"&gt;Centre for Longitudinal Studies&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;I&gt;How to access genetic and/or bio-medical sample data from a range of longitudinal surveys:&lt;/I&gt;&lt;br&gt;
A useful overview of the governance routes for applying for genetic and bio-medical sample data, which are not available through the UK Data Service, can be found at &lt;a href="http://www.metadac.ac.uk/data-access-through-metadac/" title="Governance of data and sample access"&gt;Governance of data and sample access&lt;/a&gt; on the METADAC (Managing Ethico-social, Technical and Administrative issues in Data Access) website.&lt;br&gt;
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