About ESDS Longitudinal

The work of ESDS Longitudinal is undertaken jointly by the UK Data Archive and the ESRC United Kingdom Longitudinal Studies Centre (ULSC). The service currently provides a web-based download service, specialist user support that also links up with specialist support provided by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), training and workshops and a range of value-added data enhancements for the following longitudinal data collections:

• 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
• British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
• English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
• Families and Children Study (FACS)
• Growing Up in Scotland (GUS)
• Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE)
• Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)
• National Child Development Study (NCDS)
• Understanding Society

It also encourages linkage with other datasets not directly supported by ESDS, such as the ONS Longitudinal Study and the Timescapes project and, in conjunction with the ESRC National Strategy Committee, aims to facilitate access to new longitudinal data collections. ESDS Longitudinal has recently undertaken a data audit of two major longitudinal investments by the Medical Research Council: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and the National Survey of Health and Development (also known as the 1946 Birth Cohort Study). This is in preparation for improved access for secondary users.

From June 2009, ESDS Longitudinal has made available a set of sampler data files produced by the ALSPAC study team.

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