COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies: Millennium Cohort Study, Next Steps, 1970 British Cohort Study and 1958 National Child Development Study, 2020

<p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies: Millennium Cohort Study, Next Steps, 1970 British Cohort Study and 1958 National Child Development Study Covid-19 Survey</span> data for wave 1 are available from the UK Data Service under End User Licence. The data from all four CLS cohort studies are included in the same dataset.<br></p> <p>The Covid-19 Survey data for wave 1 of the 1946 birth cohort study (NSHD) run by the LHA will be available separately from the UK Data Service under Special Licence.</p> <p>At least one further wave of the survey will be conducted, in order to assess the ongoing impact of the pandemic, which is currently set to be deposited in October 2020.</p> <p>The UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) and the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (LHA) carried out a nationwide online survey in May 2020 to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the participants of five national longitudinal cohort studies. These five studies have been following large nationally representative groups of people since birth, and their ages currently range from 19 through to 74.</p><p>The CLS studies are:</p><ul><li>Millennium Cohort Study (born 2000-02) both cohort members and parents (MCS)</li><li>Next Steps (born 1989-90) (NS)</li><li>1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)</li><li>1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS)</li></ul><p>The LHA study is:</p><ul><li>MRC National Survey of Health and Development, 1946 British birth cohort (NSHD)</li></ul><p>The aim of this first COVID-19 survey was to collect insights into how the pandemic affected different aspects of the lives of study participants including their physical and mental health and wellbeing, family and relationships, education, work, and finances between the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020 and May 2020.</p>