National Child Development Study
Sweep Description
Age 50 Survey (2008)
NCDS 8
Professor Jane Elliott
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education
2008 was a particularly symbolic year for the National Child Development Study as cohort members turned 50! Fieldwork for the 50th anniversary study began in August 2008 and ran until Spring 2009.
The study was comprised of: A 60 minute CAPI interview (which included a series of memory and concentration tasks and a 10 minute self-completion section) and a 16 page self-completion questionnaire which was mailed to all cohort members before their interview.
The core aim was to update the social, economic and health information collected in 2004 but new areas of data collection included more detailed questions about the care needs of cohort members’ parents; a new module covering symptoms of the menopause and a module featuring a series of cognitive ability tests. The AUDIT test replaced CAGE as a measure of problem drinking.
Study website: www.cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1958-national-child-development-study/ncds-age-50-sweep
NCDS Age 50 PopulationMid-adulthood
31 - 59 years
Coverage
Funding
Economic and Social Research CouncilData
NCDS8 Paper Self-Completion (2008) DatasetNCDS Age 50 Cohort Member Paper Self-Completion
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NCDS Age 50 Cohort Member Paper Self-Completion
NCDS Age 50 Cohort Member Paper Self-CompletionSelf-administered survey using a traditional paper questionnaire.
NCDS Age 50 CAI Questionnaire
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NCDS Age 50 CAI Questionnaire
Face-to-face computer-assisted personal interviewing.
Self-administered survey via a custom interviewing programme that does not use real time data transfers (CASI).
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