?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Social+Participation+and+Identity%2C+2007-2010+%3A+Combining+Quantitative+Longitudinal+Data+with+a+Qualitative+Investigation+of+a+Sub-Sample+of+the+1958+National+Child+Development+Study&rft.creator=Elliott%2C+J&rft.creator=Parsons%2C+S&rft.creator=Savage%2C+M&rft.creator=Miles%2C+A&rft.description=This+dataset+is+a+mixed-methods+data+collection+incorporating+both+qualitative+and+quantitative+data.+This+is+a+highly+original+data+collection+and+represents+the+first+attempt+to+interview+members+of+a+national%2C+longitudinal+cohort+study+in+depth%2C+with+the+possibility+of+linking+such+biographical+narratives+to+structured+survey+data+collected+throughout+the+life+course.+Interviews+were+conducted+with+a+sub-sample+of+220+NCDS+cohort+members+at+age+50%2C+resident+in+Great+Britain+(England%2C+Scotland+and+Wales).+The+interviews+were+organised+into+six+main+sections+focussing+on%3A+1)+Neighbourhood+and+belonging%3B+2)+Leisure+activities+and+social+participation%3B+3)+Personal+communities%3B+4)+Life+histories%3B+5)+Identity%3B+6)+Reflections+on+being+part+of+the+NCDS.+Each+interview+has+been+transcribed+verbatim+and+carefully+anonymised+prior+to+deposit+at+the+archive.+The+dataset+is+accompanied+by+a+detailed+user+guide.+The+significance+of+the+dataset+is+being+demonstrated+through+its+use+by+a+number+of+researchers+from+different+disciplines.+For+example+zzz+individuals+have+downloaded+the+dataset+since+November+2011.+The+approach+of+conducting+biographical+interviews+with+existing+members+of+cohort+studies+has+been+extended+and+used+with+the+1946+cohort+and+the+Hertfordshire+Cohort+Study+as+part+of+a+cross-cohort+research+programme+funded+under+the+New+Dynamics+of+Aging+cross-council+initiative.+The+data+set+also+has+considerable+potential+future+significance.+The+multi-+user+data+set+will+continue+to+be+used+in+years+to+come+either+as+a+rich+source+of+qualitative+data+on+the+lives+of+50+year+olds+in+2008+and%2For+as+a+mixed+methods+resource+such+that+the+transcribed+interviews+are+analysed+alongside+the+quantitative+longitudinal+data.&rft.publisher=UCL%2C+Centre+for+Longitudinal+Studies&rft.date=2011-11&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(CLS+Working+Papers+).+UCL%2C+Centre+for+Longitudinal+Studies%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2011)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10154710%2F1%2FCLS_WP_2010_3.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10154710%2F&rft.rights=open