Millennium Cohort Study
Sweep Description
Age 5 Survey (2006)
MCS3
Professor Heather Joshi
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education
The Age 5 survey went into the field at the beginning of 2006, and was completed in 2007. The number of families interviewed at the Age 5 Survey was 15,246 (79.2% of the cohort). Information was also collected from schools on the child’s first full year, either from administrative records in England or through a survey of teachers in the Celtic countries.
Study website: www.cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/millennium-cohort-study/mcs-age-5-sweep
MCS Birth PopulationChildhood
5 - 12 years
Coverage
UK
Funding
Economic and Social Research CouncilData
MCS3 Older Sibling Self-Completion DatasetMCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire
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MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire
Face-to-face computer-assisted personal interviewing.
MCS Age 5 Cognitive Assessments and Physical Measurements
mcs_05_cpa
MCS Age 5 Cognitive Assessments and Physical Measurements
Assessment of physical properties of living beings, objects, material or natural phenomena. This includes medical and geographic data.
MCS Age 5 Older Sibling Self-Completion
mcs_05_ossc
MCS Age 5 Older Sibling Self-Completion
MCS Age 5 Older Sibling Self-CompletionSelf-administered survey using a traditional paper questionnaire.
MCS Age 5 Teacher Paper Questionnaire
mcs_05_ts
MCS Age 5 Teacher Paper Questionnaire
Self-administered survey using a traditional paper questionnaire.
Collecting and assembling data from multiple sources, at least one of which was originally produced for other purposes.
MCS Age 5 Sally Ann Protocol
mcs_05_sap
MCS Age 5 Sally Ann Protocol
Assessing specific properties (or characteristics) of beings, things, phenomena (and/or processes) by applying pre-established standards and/or specialized instruments or techniques
MCS Age 5 Cognitive Observations
mcs_05_co
MCS Age 5 Cognitive Observations
Research method that involves observing and collecting data as they occur without attempting to manipulate any of the independent variables. Observation conducted in a natural environment. The researcher interacts with the subjects and often plays a role in the situation under observation.
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