Site: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1970-british-cohort-study/
Updated 5/16/22
Country: Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)
Study design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range: Infants at enrollment
Number of participants at baseline: 17,000
Year of initial enrollment: 1970
Number of data collection waves: 9
Measures of well-being:
- Positive psychological well-being (overall / multidimensional)
- Flourishing
- Positive affect
- Purpose / meaning in life / ikigai
- Life satisfaction
- Social support / integration / cohesion
- Prosocial behavior and attitudes
- Healthy family functioning
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): High
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): High
Measures of physical health:
- Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
- Self-report medical history or medication use
- Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight
- Biomarkers
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers are not required to submit an application to access this data.
There are no fees required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Elliott J & Shepherd P. (2006). Cohort profile: 1970 British birth cohort (BCS70). International journal of epidemiology, 35(4), 836-843.