Finding data
24 February, 2012 - 16:02 — donnella
A central part of the Scottish Government's strategy for the monitoring and evaluation of its policies for children, the Growing up in Scotland (GUS) study is a cohort study undertaken to fill a perceived gap in the evidence available to those concerned both with policy monitoring and evaluation of the early years of children. It is hoped that the data collected from the study will also be of use to the wider policy research and cross-sectional analysis needs of those concerned with the general range of issues affecting children and young people. The study was developed by the Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen) together with the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, based at the University of Edinburgh, which collaboration will also undertake the first four years of fieldwork and analysis.
- Sweep 1: April 2005 - February 2006
- Sweep 2: April 2006 - April 2007
- Sweep 3: April 2007 - May 2008
- Sweep 4: April 2008 - May 2009
- Sweep 5: April 2009 - May 2010 [Note: Data for this sweep collected from the birth cohort only]
UKDA Study Number:
5760
Spatial Coverage:
Scotland
Data Creator:
Scottish Centre for Social Research
Time Period:
Longitudinal/panel/cohort study.
Data Publisher:
UK Data Archive, University of Essex
Place of Publication:
Essex, UK.
Documentation:
- UKDA study information and citation.
- User guide, interviewer and coder guide, and data documentation in Adobe PDF format.
- UKDA dictionary files in Rich Text Format.
- Read .htm notes.
- Further information is available on the Growing up in Scotland website.
- Guide to Growing up in Scotland, prepared by the ESDS, is also available.
Format:
SPSS portable file.
Data Access:
Users must register with the Data Archive before receiving a copy of data files. Edinburgh University users may contact the Data Library for access.
This article was published on Feb 26, 2013