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Cohort Profile: 1970 British Birth Cohort (BCS70)
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, Bedford Group for Lifecourse and Statistical Studies, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK
* Corresponding author. E-mail: J.Elliott@ioe.ac.uk
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How did the study come about? |
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The 1970 British Birth Cohort Study (BCS70) is an ongoing, multidisciplinary, longitudinal study. It takes as its subjects all those currently living in England, Scotland, and Wales who were born in a single week of 1970. To date there have been seven sweeps of the study, including the original birth survey.
BCS70 began as the British Births Survey, when data was collected about the births and social circumstances of over 17 000 babies born in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Data were collected using a questionnaire completed by the midwife who had been present at the birth and, in addition, information was extracted from clinical records. The original study was sponsored by the National Birthday Trust Fund in collaboration with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, under the directorship of Roma and Geoffrey Chamberlain. The study aimed to examine the social and biological characteristics of the mother in
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Who is in the sample, how often have they been followed-up, and what is attrition like? |
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What has been measured? |
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What has it found? Key findings and publications |
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Prenatal and perinatal antecedents of health problems |
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Social circumstances and health outcomes |
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Adult outcomes of childhood disease and health status, and predictors of adult health status |
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Health-related behaviour |
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Cross-cohort comparisons |
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What are the main strengths and weaknesses? |
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Can I get hold of the data? Where can I find out more? |
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