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Title:
Millennium Cohort Study, 2001-2005: Geographical Identifiers, Ward Level: Special Licence Access

Subject Categories:
Millennium Cohort Study - Major studies
Child development and child rearing - Social stratification and groupings
Family life and marriage - Social stratification and groupings

Depositor(s):
University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Principal Investigator(s):
University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Sponsor(s):
University of London. Institute of Education. Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Other Acknowledgements:
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Analytic and Services Branch Information Centre at Newcastle, who: identified the main Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) sample from Child Benefit records, and ran an opt-out exercise for MCS1; provided a similar service to enable the inclusion in MCS2 of 'new families' (eligible for inclusion in MCS1 but not identfied in the records until after the completion of the first survey); and assisted with tracing families who had moved, for both MCS1 and MCS2.

Members of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) funding consortium provided advice as well as funding.

Individual academic advisers:
Specialist advisers: Julia Brannen, Tim Cole, Leon Feinstein, Charlie Owen.
Members of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) internal team: Neville Butler, John Bynner, Elsa Ferri, Ian Plewis, Peter Shepherd and Kate Smith.

Collaborators on the MCS included: Mel Bartley, Helen Bedford, Dermot Bowler, Leslie Davidson, Carol Dezateux, Harvey Goldstein, Kath Kiernan, Yvonne Kelly, Michael Marmot, Barbara Maughan, Alison McFarlane, Catherine Peckham, Chris Power, Ingrid Schoon and Marjorie Smith.

Members of the Millennium Cohort Study Advisory Group, for advice on the form and content of MCS1, MCS2 and MCS3.

Abstract:
The original objectives of the first MCS survey, as laid down in the proposal to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in March 2000, were:

• to chart the initial conditions of social, economic and health advantages and disadvantages facing children born at the start of the 21st century, capturing information that the research community of the future will require
• to provide a basis for comparing patterns of development with the preceding cohorts (the National Child Development Study, held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under GN 33004, and the 1970 Birth Cohort Study, held under GN 33229)
• to collect information on previously neglected topics, such as fathers' involvement in children's care and development
• to focus on parents as the most immediate elements of the children's 'background', charting their experience as mothers and fathers of newborn babies in the year 2000, recording how they (and any other children in the family) adapted to the newcomer, and what their aspirations for her/his future may be
• to emphasise intergenerational links including those back to the parents' own childhood
• to investigate the wider social ecology of the family, including social networks, civic engagement and community facilities and services, splicing in geo-coded data when available

• to provide control cases for the national evaluation of Sure Start (a government programme intended to alleviate child poverty and social exclusion)
• to provide samples of adequate size to analyse and compare the smaller countries of the United Kingdom

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: MCS1 fieldwork took place 2001-2003; MCS2 fieldwork took place 2003-2005.
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: Electoral Wards/Divisions (UK); Census Area Statistics (CAS) wards.
Observation Units: Individuals; Families/households
Kind of Data: Numeric data; Alpha/numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:The sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).
Respondents to MCS1 and MCS2.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Longitudinal/panel/cohort
Three waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years) and MCS3 (age 5 years).
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Data are included for all 19,244 MCS1 and MCS2 respondents. For details of main sample, see MCS1 and MCS2 documentation.
Number of Units: 19,244 cases.
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting: For details of weighting for main sample, see MCS1 and MCS2 documentation.

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage.
Additional special conditions of use also apply. See terms and conditions for further information.
In addition, ESDS is required to request permission from the depositor prior to supplying the data.
Available to UK applicants only.

Please note:
Since these data pose a higher risk of disclosure than data made available under the standard End User Licence they have additional special conditions attached to them that take the form of a Special Licence (SL). The SL requires the completion of an additional application form, agreement to the conditions of the SL, the signature(s) of the researcher(s) and the institution(s) with responsibility for the researcher(s), and the explicit permission of the data owners to release the data to the researcher(s). This is to ensure that the guarantee of confidentiality given to survey respondents is protected. SL applications are screened by UKDA and the data owners and data are only released to those researchers requiring data for statistical research purposes and who can justify their need for the SL data.

Researchers are required to keep the data under conditions of greater security than required under the standard End User Licence. The ESDS Guide to good practice: micro data handling and security explains how to meet these conditions.
Availability: ESDS Longitudinal, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: longitudinal@esds.ac.uk

Date of Release:
First Edition: 30 October 2007
Latest Edition: 18 March 2008 ( 2nd Edition )

Copyright:
Copyright University of London. Centre for Longitudinal Studies

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