ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Millennium Cohort Study, 2001-2008: Geographical Identifiers, Lower Super Output Area Level: Special Licence Access </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5729</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> February 2011 (3rd Edition) </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies, <i> Millennium Cohort Study, 2001-2008: Geographical Identifiers, Lower Super Output Area Level: Special Licence Access</i> [computer file]. <i>3rd Edition.</i> Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], February 2011. SN: 5729, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5729-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> University of London. Centre for Longitudinal Studies </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 5729 . Millennium Cohort Study, 2001-2008: Geographical Identifiers, Lower Super Output Area Level: Special Licence Access<br> (MCS) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies<br> </H5> <h3> Other Acknowledgements: </h3> <h5>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Analytic and Services Branch Information Centre at Newcastle, who: identified the main <i>Millennium Cohort Study</i> (MCS) sample from Child Benefit records, and ran an opt-out exercise for MCS1; provided a similar service to enable the inclusion in MCS2 of 'new families' (eligible for inclusion in MCS1 but not identfied in the records until after the completion of the first survey); and assisted with tracing families who had moved, for both MCS1 and MCS2.<br> <br> Members of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) funding consortium provided advice as well as funding.<br> <br> Individual academic advisers:<br> Specialist advisers: Julia Brannen, Tim Cole, Leon Feinstein, Charlie Owen.<br> Members of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) internal team: Neville Butler, John Bynner, Elsa Ferri, Ian Plewis, Peter Shepherd and Kate Smith.<br> <br> Collaborators on the MCS included: Mel Bartley, Helen Bedford, Dermot Bowler, Leslie Davidson, Carol Dezateux, Harvey Goldstein, Kath Kiernan, Yvonne Kelly, Michael Marmot, Barbara Maughan, Alison McFarlane, Catherine Peckham, Chris Power, Ingrid Schoon and Marjorie Smith.<br> <br> Members of the Millennium Cohort Study Advisory Group, for advice on the form and content of MCS1, MCS2 and MCS3.<br></h5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The original objectives of the first MCS survey, as laid down in the proposal to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in March 2000, were:<ul><li>to chart the initial conditions of social, economic and health advantages and disadvantages facing children born at the start of the 21st century, capturing information that the research community of the future will require</li><li>to provide a basis for comparing patterns of development with the preceding cohorts (the <i>National Child Development Study</i>, held at the UK Data Archive under GN 33004, and the <i>1970 Birth Cohort Study</i>, held under GN 33229)</li><li>to collect information on previously neglected topics, such as fathers' involvement in children's care and development</li><li>to focus on parents as the most immediate elements of the children's 'background', charting their experience as mothers and fathers of newborn babies in the year 2000, recording how they (and any other children in the family) adapted to the newcomer, and what their aspirations for her/his future may be</li><li>to emphasise intergenerational links including those back to the parents' own childhood</li><li>to investigate the wider social ecology of the family, including social networks, civic engagement and community facilities and services, splicing in geo-coded data when available</li></ul>Additional objectives subsequently included for MCS were:<ul><li>to provide control cases for the national evaluation of Sure Start (a government programme intended to alleviate child poverty and social exclusion)</li><li>to provide samples of adequate size to analyse and compare the smaller countries of the United Kingdom</li></ul>The first sweep (MCS1) interviewed both mothers and (where resident) fathers (or father-figures) of infants included in the sample when the babies were nine months old, and the second sweep (MCS2) was carried out with the same respondents when the children were three years of age. The third sweep, MCS3, was conducted in 2006, when the children were five years of age. A fourth sweep, MCS4, will be conducted in 2008.<br> <br> Some studies based on sub-samples of MCS have also been conducted, including a study of MCS respondent mothers who had received assisted fertility treatment, conducted in 2003 (see SN 5559). Also, birth registration and maternity hospital episodes for the MCS respondents are held as a separate dataset (see SN 5614).<br> <br> Further information about the MCS can be found on the CLS <a href="http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/studies.asp?section=000100020001" title="Millennium Cohort Study">MCS</a> web pages.<br>The <i>Geographical Identifiers, Lower Super Output Area Level: Special Licence Access</i> data cover Census Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) identifiers for MCS respondents. These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence (see 'Access' section below). Those users who wish to make an application for these data should contact ESDS Longitudinal for further details.<br> <br> For the third edition (February 2011), data for MCS Wave 3 and Wave 4 were added to the data and the documentation was updated accordingly.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The data include Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) codes.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> MCS1 fieldwork took place 2001-2003; MCS2 fieldwork took place 2003-2005; MCS3 fieldwork took place 2006; MCS4 fieldwork took place 2008. <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Census Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA). <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Alpha/numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> The sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland). <br> Respondents to MCS1, MCS2, MCS3 and MCS4. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Longitudinal/panel/cohort<br> Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years). <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> No sampling (total universe)<br> Data are included for all 19,244 MCS1, MCS2, MCS3 and MCS4 respondents. For details of main sample, see MCS documentation. <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 19,244 cases. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Compilation or synthesis of existing material <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> For details of weighting for main sample, see MCS documentation. </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage.<br/>Additional special conditions of use also apply. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information.<br/>In addition, ESDS is required to request permission from the depositor prior to supplying the data.<br/> Available to UK applicants only.<br/><br/>Please note:<br/>Since these data pose a higher risk of disclosure than data made available under the standard End User Licence they have additional special conditions attached to them that take the form of a Special Licence (SL). The SL requires the completion of an additional application form, agreement to the conditions of the SL, the signature(s) of the researcher(s) and the institution(s) with responsibility for the researcher(s), and the explicit permission of the data owners to release the data to the researcher(s). This is to ensure that the guarantee of confidentiality given to survey respondents is protected. SL applications are screened by UKDA and the data owners and data are only released to those researchers requiring data for statistical research purposes and who can justify their need for the SL data.<br/><br/>Researchers are required to keep the data under conditions of greater security than required under the standard End User Licence. The <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/microDataHandlingandSecurity.pdf' title='ESDS Guide to good practice: micro data handling and security'>ESDS Guide to good practice: micro data handling and security</a> explains how to meet these conditions. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Longitudinal, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: longitudinal@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 30 October 2007<br></h5> <h3>Date of Latest Release: </h3><h5>16 February 2011 ( 3rd Edition )</h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> University of London. Centre for Longitudinal Studies</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>