1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is a longitudinal birth cohort study, following a nationally representative sample of over 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. Cohort members have been sureveyed throughout their childhood and adult lives, mapping their individual trajectories and creating a unique resource for researchers. It is one of very few longitudinal studies following people of this generation anywhere in the world.Since 1970, cohort members have been surveyed at ages 5, 10, 16, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42 and 46. Featuring a range of objective measures and rich self-reported data, BCS70 covers an incredible amount of ground and can be used in research on many topics Evidence from BCS70 has illuminated important issues for our society across five decades. Key findings include how reading for pleasure matters for children's cognitive development, why grammar schools have not reduced social inequalities, and how childhood experiences can impact on mental health in mid-life. Every day researchers from across the scientific community are using this important study to make new connections and discoveries.BCS70 is run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), a research centre in the UCL Institute of Education, which is part of University College London. The content of BCS70 studies, including questions, topics and variables can be explored via the CLOSER Discovery website.How to access genetic and/or bio-medical sample data from a range of longitudinal surveys:For information on how to access biomedical data from BCS70 that are not held at the UKDS, see the CLS Genetic data and biological samples webpage.Secure Access datasetsSecure Access versions of BCS70 have more restrictive access conditions than versions available under the standard End User Licence (EUL). Currently, only sensitive variables from the age 46 sweep are available under SN 9115, although sensitive survey data across all sweeps will be made available over time.
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4, 1986 The purpose of the 16-year follow-up was to review and evaluate adolescent (mid-teenage) health, care, education, social and family environment throughout Great Britain, as experienced by the BCS70 cohort. At the same time, a parallel survey was also conducted with head teachers of schools likely to be attended by cohort members. The main impetus behind this was to find out more about these schools, especially as many of the cohort members were about to leave full-time education. The head teacher questionnaires were not able to be keyed, documented and deposited at the time of the survey due to lack of resources, but funding finally became available in 2004/5 to complete this task at CLS. The resulting dataset is archived under SN 5225.Latest edition informationFor the ninth edition (September 2022), a derived dataset (bcs70_age16_school_type) has been added, which includes age 16 school type data for the entire BCS cohort. This is derived from STYPE (BCS4), B9SC16TP (BCS9) and the 1986 School Census. A user guide describing this variable in full has also been added. In addition, the derived variable BD4STYPE has been removed from the data file bcs4derived.
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Subjects covered include: cohort members: exercise and sport; hygiene; diet (including 4-day diary); activity diary (4-day); leisure activities; family life; religion; leaving home; money; smoking; alcohol; laterality; television, video and radio; friends and social behaviour; law and order; sexual behaviour; self-esteem; health status; medical history; attitudes to health and emotions; drug use; school; occupational interests; reading, spelling and vocabulary tests; mathematics tests; life-skills test (education, training and employment)parents: health status; family health; chronic illness and disability; medication; accidents and injuries; use of health services; social experience; father's occupation; mother's occupation; parental situation; family finances; household amenities; accommodation type; number of rooms; neighbourhood; alcohol consumption; smoking; performance at school; life skills; behaviourmedical: special requirements; chronic illness and disability; psychological/psychiatric problems; medical examination; blood pressure; distant and near vision tests; motor co-ordination tests; audiometry; height and weight; head circumferenceschool: curriculum; teaching methods; special education; teacher's assessment of behaviour; academic achievement; academic potential; absences from school Standard Measures The data includes the following scales administered to the BCS70 cohort members: Rutter A Scale of Behavioural Deviance and the Malaise Inventory (Rutter, M. et al., 1970); Hyperactivity/Behavioural Scale (Connors, 1964); 12 item General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg, 1978); Lawseq (Self-esteem Scale); Caraloc (Locus of Control Scale); 21 general and specific attitudinal scales; Index of Mental Health (Rosenberg, 1965).
No sampling (total universe)
An attempt was made to trace all the BCS70 cohort members through the cooperation of Local Educatio
Face-to-face interview
Self-administered questionnaire
Psychological measurements and tests
Clinical measurements
Diaries
The health visitor and parent were interviewed face-to-face. The child, parent and teacher were giv
- 1986 1987
- ABILITY EVALUATION
- ABILITY GROUPING
- ABORTION
- ACCIDENTS
- ACUPUNCTURE
- ADOLESCENTS
- ADVANCED LEVEL EXAM...
- ADVICE
- AGE
- AIDS DISEASE
- ALCOHOL USE
- ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
- ALLERGIES
- ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA
- ANXIETY
- APARTMENTS
- ARMS RACE
- ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
- ASSAULT
- ASTHMA
- ATTITUDES
- AUDIO EQUIPMENT
- BACTERIAL AND VIRUS...
- BATHROOMS
- BED SHARING
- BEVERAGES
- BLACK PEOPLE
- BOOK READERSHIP
- BRONCHITIS
- BURGLARY
- CAMERAS
- CANCER
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISE...
- CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- CAREERS GUIDANCE
- CEREAL PRODUCTS
- CEREALS
- CERTIFICATE OF SECO...
- CHILD MINDING
- CHILDREN
- CHILDREN IN CARE
- CHIROPRACTIC
- CLINICAL TESTS AND ...
- CLOTHING
- CLUBS
- COMMUNITY BEHAVIOUR
- COMMUNITY WORK
- COMPUTERS
- CONDITIONS OF EMPLO...
- CONFECTIONERY
- CONTACT LENSES
- CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
- CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
- COUGHING
- COURTS
- CRIME AND SECURITY
- CRIME VICTIMS
- CRIMINALS
- CYCLING
- Compulsory and pre ...
- DAIRY PRODUCTS
- DEATH PENALTY
- DECISION MAKING
- DENTAL EXAMINATIONS
- DENTAL TREATMENT
- DEPRESSION
- DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DI...
- DISABILITIES
- DISABLED CHILDREN
- DISCRIMINATION
- DISEASES
- DOMESTIC APPLIANCES
- DOMESTIC RESPONSIBI...
- DRINKING OFFENCES
- DRIVING
- DRUG ABUSE
- DRUG TRAFFICKING
- DRUG USE
- EATING DISORDERS
- ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
- EDIBLE FATS
- EDUCATIONAL ADMINIS...
- EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE
- EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- EDUCATIONAL EXPECTA...
- EDUCATIONAL GROUPING
- EDUCATIONAL TESTS
- EGGS FOOD
- EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES
- EMOTIONAL STATES
- EMPLOYMENT
- EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
- ENROLMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRA...
- EPILEPSY
- EQUALITY BETWEEN TH...
- ETHNIC GROUPS
- EXAMINATIONS
- EXERCISE PHYSICAL A...
- EXPECTATION
- EXPENDITURE
- EXTRACURRICULAR ACT...
- EYESIGHT TESTS
- FAMILIES
- FAMILY INFLUENCE
- FAMILY LIFE
- FAMILY MEMBERS
- FAMINE
- FATHER S ECONOMIC A...
- FATHERS
- FIELDS OF STUDY
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FINANCIAL SUPPORT
- FIRST AID
- FISH AS FOOD
- FOOD
- FOOD AND NUTRITION
- FRIENDS
- FRIENDSHIP
- FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
- FURTHER EDUCATION
- Family life and mar...
- GAMBLING
- GENDER
- GROUPS
- General health and ...
- Great Britain
- HAEMATOLOGIC DISEASES
- HANDWRITING SKILLS
- HEALTH
- HEALTH CONSULTATIONS
- HEALTH PROMOTION
- HEALTH SERVICES
- HEARING
- HEARING AIDS
- HEATING EQUIPMENT
- HEATING SYSTEMS
- HEIGHT PHYSIOLOGY
- HOLIDAYS
- HOME OWNERSHIP
- HOME SHARING
- HOMEOPATHY
- HOMEWORK
- HOMOSEXUALITY
- HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT...
- HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN
- HOURS OF WORK
- HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
- HOUSEHOLD HEAD S OC...
- HOUSEHOLD PETS
- HOUSEHOLDS
- HOUSING
- HOUSING AGE
- HOUSING CONDITIONS
- HOUSING TENURE
- HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
- HUMAN SETTLEMENT
- HYPNOTHERAPY
- Health
- IDENTITY
- IMMUNIZATION
- INCOME
- INJURIES
- INTELLIGENCE TESTS
- INTERPERSONAL ATTRA...
- INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT
- JOB HUNTING
- JOB SECURITY
- JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
- KITCHENS
- KNOWLEDGE AWARENESS
- LANGUAGES
- LATERALITY
- LAVATORIES
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- LEARNING DISABILITIES
- LEAVING HOME YOUTH
- LEISURE TIME ACTIVI...
- LESSONS
- LIFE STYLES
- Labour and employment
- Leisure
- MARRIAGE
- MATHEMATICS
- MEALS
- MEAT
- MEDICAL CARE
- MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
- MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS
- MEMBERSHIP
- MENSTRUATION
- MENTAL DISORDERS
- MILK
- MIXED MARRIAGES
- MOBILE HOMES
- MONARCHY
- MOTHERS
- MOTOR PROCESSES
- MOTOR VEHICLES
- MULTIPLE BIRTHS
- MUSCULOSKELETAL DIS...
- MUSIC
- NEIGHBOURHOODS
- NEWSPAPER READERSHIP
- NEWSPAPERS
- NUCLEAR WARFARE
- NUTRITIONAL AND MET...
- OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
- OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING
- OFFENCES
- OFFENSIVE TELEPHONE...
- ORDINARY LEVEL EXAM...
- ORGANIZATIONS
- OSTEOPATHY
- PACKETED FOODS
- PARENT CHILD RELATI...
- PARENT SCHOOL RELAT...
- PARENTAL DEPRIVATION
- PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT
- PARENTS
- PART TIME EMPLOYMENT
- PATIENTS
- PEER GROUP RELATION...
- PERIODICALS
- PERIODICALS READERSHIP
- PERSONAL FASHION GOODS
- PERSONAL HYGIENE
- PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
- PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- PHYSICIANS
- PHYSIOTHERAPY
- PLACE OF BIRTH
- POCKET MONEY
- POLICE SERVICES
- POLICE STUDENT RELA...
- PORNOGRAPHY
- PREDESTINATION
- PREGNANCY
- PREMARITAL SEX
- PRIVATE GARDENS
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- PROBATION
- PROBLEM SOLVING
- PROMOTION JOB
- PSYCHOTHERAPY
- PUBLIC HOUSES
- QUALIFICATIONS
- RACISM
- RADIO LISTENING
- RADIO PROGRAMMES
- RADIO RECEIVERS
- READING SKILLS
- READING TESTS
- RECREATIONAL FACILI...
- RELIGION
- RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
- RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE
- RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
- RENTED ACCOMMODATION
- RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY
- RESPIRATORY TRACT D...
- ROBBERY
- ROOM SHARING
- ROOMS
- RUNNING
- Religion and values
- SALT
- SATISFACTION
- SAVINGS
- SCHOOL BUILDINGS
- SCHOOL CLASSES
- SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
- SCHOOL LEAVING GUID...
- SCHOOL MEALS
- SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS
- SCHOOL STUDENT RELA...
- SCHOOLCHILDREN
- SCHOOLS
- SCHOOLTEACHERS
- SECONDARY EDUCATION
- SECONDARY SCHOOLS
- SEIZURES
- SELF ESTEEM
- SEXUAL AWARENESS
- SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
- SEXUAL OFFENCES
- SHOPLIFTING
- SIBLINGS
- SIGHT
- SKIN DISEASES
- SLEEP DISORDERS
- SMOKING
- SOCIAL ATTITUDES
- SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
- SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
- SOCIAL HOUSING
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- SOCIAL SUPPORT
- SOFT DRINKS
- SOLVENT ABUSE
- SPECIAL EDUCATION
- SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCA...
- SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
- SPECTACLES
- SPEECH IMPAIRMENTS
- SPEECH THERAPY
- SPELLING SKILLS
- SPIRITUAL HEALING
- SPORT
- SPORT SPECTATORSHIP
- STEPCHILDREN
- STRIKES
- STUDENTS
- SUGAR
- SURGERY
- SWIMMING
- SYMPTOMS
- Social and occupati...
- Social behaviour an...
- TAKE AWAY MEALS
- TATTOOING
- TEACHING METHODS
- TEETH
- TELEPHONES
- TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
- TELEVISION RECEIVERS
- TELEVISION VIEWING
- TERRORISM
- TESTS
- TEXTILE MACHINERY
- THEFT
- THERMAL INSULATION
- TIME
- TOBACCO
- TRADE UNIONS
- TRANSITION FROM SCH...
- TRUANCY
- TRUST
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- UROGENITAL DISORDERS
- VEGETARIANISM
- VEHICLE RESTRAINT S...
- VERBAL SKILLS
- VIDEO RECORDERS
- VIDEO RECORDINGS
- VISION IMPAIRMENTS
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATIO...
- VOLUNTARY WORK
- WAGES
- WALKING
- WATCHING
- WEIGHT LIFTING
- WEIGHT PHYSIOLOGY
- WOMEN S RIGHTS
- WORK ATTITUDE
- YOUTH
- YOUTH ACTIVITIES
- YOUTH CLUBS
- YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
- Youth
- tourism and sport
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Creator | Bynner, J., City University, Social Statistics Research Unit; Butler, N., National Birthday Trust Fund; University of London, Institute of Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies |
Publisher | UK Data Service |
Publication Year | 1996 |
Funding Reference | Kelloggs; Lankelly Foundation; Channel 4; Daily Star (Newspaper); New Moorgate Trust; Westland; Home Office; Beechams; Cancer Research Campaign; Hayward Foundation; HTV; Sir J. Knott Settlement; Laura Ashley Trust; Allied Lyons; WT Grant Foundation |
Rights | Copyright Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Bedford Group, Institute of Education, University of London; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p><p>Additional conditions of use apply:</p><p>Confidentiality</p><p>I agree not to use nor attempt to use the Data Collections to identify the individuals from which the study sample was selected, nor to claim to have done so.</p><p>I agree not to link between the research identifiers supplied by the UK Data Service [BCSID] and any other identifiers previously issued.</p> |
OpenAccess | true |
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Language | English |
Resource Type | Numeric |
Discipline | Economics; Fine Arts, Music, Theatre and Media Studies; History; Humanities; Jurisprudence; Law; Life Sciences; Mathematics; Medicine; Medicine and Health; Music; Natural Sciences; Physiology; Social and Behavioural Sciences |
Spatial Coverage | Great Britain |