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Introduction to MCS Workshop Millennium Cohort Study June 2015

What’s New in MCS5 & MCS6 Kate Smith Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education MCS Workshop June 2015 Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

The Millennium Cohort Study content at a glance to MCS5 MCS 1 MCS2 MCS 3 MCS4 MCS5 | 2001/2 2003/4 2005/6 2008/9 2012/13 9 months AGE 3 AGE 5 AGE 7 AGE11 | Mother Mother Mother Mother Mother | Father Father Father Father Father | Child Child Child Child Older Older Siblings Siblings Teachers Teachers Education Education records records Birth Medical Medical Medical Economic records records records records records  18,552 15,590 15,246 13,857 13287

Content of MCS Surveys 9m Age Age Age 7 Age 11 3 5      Interview (and self- completion) with both resident parents     Cognitive assessments     Physical measurements   Child self-completion  Saliva Sample   Older Siblings     Interviewer Observations    Teacher Survey

MCS Cohort Member Cognitive Assessments Age 3 Age 5 Age 7 Age 11 BAS Naming The story of Sally & The story of Sally & Ann BAS Verbal Vocabulary Ann Similarities Bracken School BAS Naming Word Reading CANTAB Spatial Readiness vocabulary Working Assessment: Memory Colours BAS Picture Progress in Maths CANTAB Similarities Cambridge Letters Gambling Task Sizes BAS Pattern BAS Pattern Construction Comparisons Construction

Age 11 Child Assessments • BAS Verbal Similarities • 2 Cambridge Cognition Assessments:  Memory task (officially named the Spatial Working Memory task)  Decision-making task (officially named the Cambridge Gambling task) Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

BAS Verbal Similarities

Age 11 Memory Task

Age 11 Decision Making Task

MCS Physical Measurements & Samples Age 3 Age 5 Age 7 Age 11 Height Height Height Height Weight Weight Weight Weight Saliva Sample Waist Waist Body Fat (Hygiene circumference circumference hypothesis) Body Fat Activity Monitor Teeth

Age 11 Survey: Child Self Completion • 28 page paper self-completion • Family & friends • School • Things done outside school • The area they live in • Things they may have done – anti social behaviour • Things they may have tried – incl. alcohol & smoking • How they feel • Growing up Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

Age 11 Survey: Child Self Completion

Age 11 Child Consent At age11 MCS formalised the consent process for children for first time. Parents' asked for written consent to approach child to give their own permission to take part in all child elements. Verbal consent from cohort child for: • cognitive assessments • physical measurements • self completion questionnaire • to approach class teacher for teacher survey Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

Age 11 Teacher Survey (E & W only) • Permission sought from parents & child to contact child’s class teacher & from child • Postal self-completion questionnaire: • Study child’s abilities • Study child’s behaviour • Study child profile • Study child’s parents • Class groupings • Study child’s teacher • Study child’s class • Move to Secondary School Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

MCS6: Content of the Age 14 Survey Main Parent Partner parent Young Person Interview & Self Interview & Self Self completion completion completion questionnaire (40 mins) Cognitive assessment: Cognitive assessment: Cognitive assessment: word activity word activity word activity decision making task (CGT) Physical Measurements: height weight body fat Saliva Sample* Saliva Sample* Saliva Sample (*Biological parents only) (*Biological parents only) Accelerometer Time Use Diary

Age 14 Young person questionnaire

Free time activities Views and values Feelings about school and the future Their identity • Romantic • Smoking Their friends, family relationship • Drinking and relationships s • Illegal drugs • Sexual Things they might have • Gambling experiences experienced or done • Anti-social behaviour • Wrong doing • Puberty Their body, health and • Criminal activity • Dieting feelings • Contact with police • Harassment Their personality • Bullying

MCS6 Designing a survey for teenagers • Recontact exercise (Pre MCS6)  participant pack sent to young people only  a letter – including a pop-out membership card.  a booklet – providing information about the study, the impact of the study and how findings have been used, what the study covers, what happens to the data collected and information about the CNC team.  Swag : a keyring, a travel-card holder and a notebook. •Website redesign – more YP focussed http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/cnc/default.aspx •Using social media - Facebook, &Twitter • Rebranding of all materials to appeal to teens Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

MCS Linkage to Administrative Data • Completed  Maternity and birth registration  School records • school level data (whole UK) • NPD linkage (E & W)  Geo-coded data • Consent gained/in progress  Hospital episodes (whole UK)  NI data (earnings, insurance credits & tax credits)  DWP (benefit & employment programme data) Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

MCS add on projects • Postal survey of mothers who had assisted fertility treatment • Nursery Observations • Every Tooth Tells a Story (MCS4) • Non response project (MCS4) Centre for Longitudinal Studies | www.cls.ioe.ac.uk

Centre for Longitudinal Studies UCL Institute of Education K.Smith@ioe.ac.uk www.ioe.ac.uk www.cls.ioe.ac.uk