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The Millennium Cohort Study: the making of a multi-purpose resource for social science and policy

Joshi, H; Fitzsimons, E; (2016) The Millennium Cohort Study: the making of a multi-purpose resource for social science and policy. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies , 7 (4) pp. 409-430. 10.14301/llcs.v7i4.410. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper gives an account of the origins, objectives and structure of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) – some 19,000 individuals born in the UK in 2000-2001 – and its use in a wide range of research on many aspects of their lives in childhood years. We highlight some of the mass of output on the first five surveys to age 11 in 2012. Topics discussed are social inequalities in child development; comparisons with other cohorts; areas not well covered by previous national cohorts: season of birth, fathers, ethnicity and childcare; parental behaviour; intergenerational links; social ecology and differences between and within UK countries. We also discuss the challenges faced by the National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) in drawing controls from the MCS. As the cohort marches to its seventh survey in 2018, and beyond, the potential for research across life course domains will only continue to grow.

Type: Article
Title: The Millennium Cohort Study: the making of a multi-purpose resource for social science and policy
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.14301/llcs.v7i4.410
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.14301/llcs.v7i4.410
Language: English
Additional information: This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Millennium Cohort Study; lifecourse inequalities; Sure Start; neighbourhood effects; UK regions
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10063545
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