Site: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/millennium-cohort-study/
Updated 5/30/22
Country: United Kingdom
Study design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range: Children / adolescents at enrollment
Number of participants at baseline: 18,818
Year of initial enrollment: 2000
Number of data collection waves: 7; data collection ongoing
Measures of well-being:
- Subjective happiness
- Social support / integration / cohesion
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): Low
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): Moderate
Measures of physical health:
- Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
- Self-report medical history or medication use
- Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight
- Limited biomarkers
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers are required to apply to access this data.
No fees are required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Connelly R & Platt L. (2014). Cohort profile: UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). International Journal of Epidemiology, 43(6), 1719-1725.