CLS is an ESRC Resource Centre based at the Institute of Education, University of London

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Centre for Longitudinal Studies

The Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) is an ESRC Resource Centre based at the Institute of Education, University of London.

CLS manages three of Britain's internationally renowned birth cohort studies:

  • 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS)
  • 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
  • Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)

Birth cohort studies follow groups of individuals who were born at one particular time throughout their lives.

The cohort studies managed by CLS have involved multiple surveys, collecting information on education and employment, family and parenting, physical and mental health, and social attitudes.

Through comparing the different generations in the three cohorts, we can chart social change and start to untangle the reasons behind it. Data from the studies are available for research purposes from the UK Data Archive (www.data-archive.ac.uk).

To find out more about CLS, including information on the cohort studies, research undertaken and publications, please go to the CLS website at www.cls.ioe.ac.uk.