We were so excited to see #BCS70 featured in a recent episode of popular BBC drama, Call the Midwife.
More than 7 million viewers tuned in to see the midwives preparing for the initial birth survey.
With the latest #BCS70 data to be released later this year, what more can the cohort teach us?
More than 7 million viewers tuned in to see the midwives preparing for the initial birth survey.
With the latest #BCS70 data to be released later this year, what more can the cohort teach us?
January 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
BCS70 Age 51 data now available 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
These new data offer opportunities for research on midlife and ageing, and for cross-cohort comparisons with earlier-born generations.
Read more: buff.ly/Lcl8IqK
Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
These new data offer opportunities for research on midlife and ageing, and for cross-cohort comparisons with earlier-born generations.
Read more: buff.ly/Lcl8IqK
March 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
BCS70 Age 51 data now available 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Help us shape the next sweeps of NCDS & BCS70 👇
📢 CLS wants your help to shape the content of the next cohort study surveys 📢
⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:
👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI
👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:
👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI
👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
March 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Help us shape the next sweeps of NCDS & BCS70 👇
Fantastic to see BCS70 age 51 data now available, a goldmine for life course research!
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Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
These new data offer opportunities for research on midlife and ageing, and for cross-cohort comparisons with earlier-born generations.
Read more: buff.ly/Lcl8IqK
Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
These new data offer opportunities for research on midlife and ageing, and for cross-cohort comparisons with earlier-born generations.
Read more: buff.ly/Lcl8IqK
March 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Fantastic to see BCS70 age 51 data now available, a goldmine for life course research!
📢 New in @sfjournal.bsky.social: We study how parental #education shapes children’s #cognitive development. Accounting for selective parenthood & grandparent & early parent characteristics, we find education largely reflects broader #intergenerational advantages. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Parental education and children’s cognitive development: a prospective approach
Abstract. This study uses nationally representative data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) to estimate the impact of parental education on childre
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September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📢 New in @sfjournal.bsky.social: We study how parental #education shapes children’s #cognitive development. Accounting for selective parenthood & grandparent & early parent characteristics, we find education largely reflects broader #intergenerational advantages. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
🚨New data release: BCS70 Activity Histories
Looking at employment histories of the 1970 cohort, this dataset is available to access via @ukdataservice.bsky.social [SN 6943]. The latest edition includes data on work and non-work activities from the Age 51 Sweep. Read the user guide 👉 buff.ly/aGg0OxR
Looking at employment histories of the 1970 cohort, this dataset is available to access via @ukdataservice.bsky.social [SN 6943]. The latest edition includes data on work and non-work activities from the Age 51 Sweep. Read the user guide 👉 buff.ly/aGg0OxR
January 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🚨New data release: BCS70 Activity Histories
Looking at employment histories of the 1970 cohort, this dataset is available to access via @ukdataservice.bsky.social [SN 6943]. The latest edition includes data on work and non-work activities from the Age 51 Sweep. Read the user guide 👉 buff.ly/aGg0OxR
Looking at employment histories of the 1970 cohort, this dataset is available to access via @ukdataservice.bsky.social [SN 6943]. The latest edition includes data on work and non-work activities from the Age 51 Sweep. Read the user guide 👉 buff.ly/aGg0OxR
✨ Have you booked yet? Join us for our free webinar NEXT WEEK introducing 1970 British Cohort Study data at age 51. Discover more about the experiences of generation X in midlife: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/bcs70... #BSC70 #ageing
March 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
✨ Have you booked yet? Join us for our free webinar NEXT WEEK introducing 1970 British Cohort Study data at age 51. Discover more about the experiences of generation X in midlife: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/bcs70... #BSC70 #ageing
"This is going to be teaching us things for 80 years," says a doctor on #CallTheMidwife S14. It's the 1970 British Cohort Study #BCS70, which follows 17,000 people born during a single week in 1970. The study is now housed in UCL's @clscohorts.bsky.social and we're still learning plenty from it!
January 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"This is going to be teaching us things for 80 years," says a doctor on #CallTheMidwife S14. It's the 1970 British Cohort Study #BCS70, which follows 17,000 people born during a single week in 1970. The study is now housed in UCL's @clscohorts.bsky.social and we're still learning plenty from it!
Join us NEXT WEEK to find out more about the new BCS70 Age 51 data 👇
✨ Have you booked yet? Join us for our free webinar NEXT WEEK introducing 1970 British Cohort Study data at age 51. Discover more about the experiences of generation X in midlife: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/bcs70... #BSC70 #ageing
March 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Join us NEXT WEEK to find out more about the new BCS70 Age 51 data 👇
This is so cool! #BCS70 @clscohorts.bsky.social
It’s not every day that a @clscohorts.bsky.social cohort study is a plot point in one of the biggest shows in the UK!
Watch this clip from BBC’s ‘Call the Midwife’ about the 1970 Birth Cohort Study- which we confirm at SRI we still learn from at least 55 years later!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Watch this clip from BBC’s ‘Call the Midwife’ about the 1970 Birth Cohort Study- which we confirm at SRI we still learn from at least 55 years later!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC One - Call the Midwife, Series 14, Episode 1, "This is going to be teaching us things for 80 years"
The midwives get to grips with the 1970 Birth Cohort Study.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is so cool! #BCS70 @clscohorts.bsky.social
🚨New webinar! Explore the 1970 British Cohort Study at age 51. Join us on Wednesday, 19 March to discover the value of this national cohort study for research into midlife and ageing. The #BCS70 data is due this March. Sign up now: https://buff.ly/43d2get
February 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨New webinar! Explore the 1970 British Cohort Study at age 51. Join us on Wednesday, 19 March to discover the value of this national cohort study for research into midlife and ageing. The #BCS70 data is due this March. Sign up now: https://buff.ly/43d2get
First in the family, last in the family? We find that FiF grad women are 40% more likely to stay childless by age 46 than other grads and non-grads. #REHO #BCS70
📢 New in Review of Economics of the Household!
@adameczanna.bsky.social, Anna Lovász & @suncicavujic.bsky.social show that first-in-family female graduates are more likely to remain childless than other grads & non-grads.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#BCS70 #FiF #GenderEcon #Fertility #HE
@adameczanna.bsky.social, Anna Lovász & @suncicavujic.bsky.social show that first-in-family female graduates are more likely to remain childless than other grads & non-grads.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#BCS70 #FiF #GenderEcon #Fertility #HE
July 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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#ICYMI Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from UK Data Service.
Find out more about the new data and potential research opportunities in this video with BCS70 director, Professor @georgeploubidis.bsky.social 👇
Read more - buff.ly/80LJbQs
#ICYMI Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from UK Data Service.
Find out more about the new data and potential research opportunities in this video with BCS70 director, Professor @georgeploubidis.bsky.social 👇
Read more - buff.ly/80LJbQs
March 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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#ICYMI Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from UK Data Service.
Find out more about the new data and potential research opportunities in this video with BCS70 director, Professor @georgeploubidis.bsky.social 👇
Read more - buff.ly/80LJbQs
#ICYMI Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from UK Data Service.
Find out more about the new data and potential research opportunities in this video with BCS70 director, Professor @georgeploubidis.bsky.social 👇
Read more - buff.ly/80LJbQs
📢 👇 NCDS and BCS70 director @GeorgePloubidis needs you to help shape the next major sweep of these national cohorts! Last chance to register for a consultation event, or submit your ideas online by 16 May: bit.ly/3Ekb2xh
May 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📢 👇 NCDS and BCS70 director @GeorgePloubidis needs you to help shape the next major sweep of these national cohorts! Last chance to register for a consultation event, or submit your ideas online by 16 May: bit.ly/3Ekb2xh
Today we are at Woburn House, for an in-person open consultative conference to help shape the next joint sweep of the NCDS and BCS70 studies. Prof. @georgeploubidis.bsky.social welcomed delegates before thematic discussions on possible survey content.
May 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Today we are at Woburn House, for an in-person open consultative conference to help shape the next joint sweep of the NCDS and BCS70 studies. Prof. @georgeploubidis.bsky.social welcomed delegates before thematic discussions on possible survey content.
📢 CLS wants your help to shape the content of the next cohort study surveys 📢
⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:
👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI
👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:
👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI
👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
March 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📢 CLS wants your help to shape the content of the next cohort study surveys 📢
⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:
👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI
👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:
👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI
👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
🙇 A BIG thanks to the BCS70 cohort members and @clscohorts.bsky.social for their contributions over the years and to my fantastic coauthors Jenny Chanfreau @jenchanfreau.bsky.social, Gemma Knowles, Alina Pelikh, Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social and George Ploubidis @georgeploubidis.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 2:25 PM
🙇 A BIG thanks to the BCS70 cohort members and @clscohorts.bsky.social for their contributions over the years and to my fantastic coauthors Jenny Chanfreau @jenchanfreau.bsky.social, Gemma Knowles, Alina Pelikh, Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social and George Ploubidis @georgeploubidis.bsky.social
👉Our paper on addressing missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) has been published in BMC Medical Research Methodology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
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A data driven approach to address missing data in the 1970 British birth cohort - BMC Medical Research Methodology
BMC Medical Research Methodology - Missing data may induce bias when analysing longitudinal population surveys. We aimed to tackle this problem in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). We utilised...
link.springer.com
April 29, 2026 at 8:04 AM
👉Our paper on addressing missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) has been published in BMC Medical Research Methodology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @georgeploubidis.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon
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In a new paper out in IJE, we compare the US Add Health & BCS70 cohorts, finding that American adults have significantly worse health in midlife compared to their British peers—especially in cardiovascular health. 🇺🇸🇬🇧.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/us-adul...
#episky #publichealth
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/us-adul...
#episky #publichealth
US adults in worse health than British counterparts at midlife
American adults have significantly worse health in midlife compared to their British peers, especially in markers of cardiovascular health, according to a new study involving researchers from Oxford’s...
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
October 4, 2024 at 1:28 PM
In a new paper out in IJE, we compare the US Add Health & BCS70 cohorts, finding that American adults have significantly worse health in midlife compared to their British peers—especially in cardiovascular health. 🇺🇸🇬🇧.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/us-adul...
#episky #publichealth
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/us-adul...
#episky #publichealth
📢 New in Review of Economics of the Household!
@adameczanna.bsky.social, Anna Lovász & @suncicavujic.bsky.social show that first-in-family female graduates are more likely to remain childless than other grads & non-grads.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#BCS70 #FiF #GenderEcon #Fertility #HE
@adameczanna.bsky.social, Anna Lovász & @suncicavujic.bsky.social show that first-in-family female graduates are more likely to remain childless than other grads & non-grads.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#BCS70 #FiF #GenderEcon #Fertility #HE
July 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
📢 New in Review of Economics of the Household!
@adameczanna.bsky.social, Anna Lovász & @suncicavujic.bsky.social show that first-in-family female graduates are more likely to remain childless than other grads & non-grads.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#BCS70 #FiF #GenderEcon #Fertility #HE
@adameczanna.bsky.social, Anna Lovász & @suncicavujic.bsky.social show that first-in-family female graduates are more likely to remain childless than other grads & non-grads.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#BCS70 #FiF #GenderEcon #Fertility #HE
📺😍#BCS70
January 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
📺😍#BCS70
What data do you need from the next 1958 and 1970 British cohort study surveys? Take part in our consultation to inform the questions on topics, including family, finances and health at ages 68 and 56. Submit an idea and / or sign up to a consultative event: buff.ly/6BJd0WD
April 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What data do you need from the next 1958 and 1970 British cohort study surveys? Take part in our consultation to inform the questions on topics, including family, finances and health at ages 68 and 56. Submit an idea and / or sign up to a consultative event: buff.ly/6BJd0WD
📊 If you work with longitudinal surveys - whether commissioning, analysing or using their insights - this workshop is for you! We’ll explore coverage & representativeness in survey data, share findings from UK BioBank & BCS70, and discuss tools to support researchers.
Register: shorturl.at/zECPI
Register: shorturl.at/zECPI
February 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📊 If you work with longitudinal surveys - whether commissioning, analysing or using their insights - this workshop is for you! We’ll explore coverage & representativeness in survey data, share findings from UK BioBank & BCS70, and discuss tools to support researchers.
Register: shorturl.at/zECPI
Register: shorturl.at/zECPI
Our preprint is now out! 📄 We looked at whether five flexible IPTW / propensity score weighting approaches can be used for count exposures, and whether they can be combined with multiple imputation. We also illustrate the methods using BCS70 data. Link: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.23726
Inverse Probability Weighting of Count Exposures in the Presence of Missing Data: A Simulation Study
Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) is widely used to estimate causal effects, but guidance is limited for count exposures. It is also unclear how IPTW performs when combined with multip...
doi.org
March 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Our preprint is now out! 📄 We looked at whether five flexible IPTW / propensity score weighting approaches can be used for count exposures, and whether they can be combined with multiple imputation. We also illustrate the methods using BCS70 data. Link: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.23726
Using data from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS, @clscohorts.bsky.social) 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70), we studied whether and how long-term #trajectories of life satisfaction changed with the COVID-19 pandemic and whether these changes were different across women and men.
December 4, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Using data from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS, @clscohorts.bsky.social) 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70), we studied whether and how long-term #trajectories of life satisfaction changed with the COVID-19 pandemic and whether these changes were different across women and men.