Evidence gathering using the Centre for Longitudinal Studies scoping project

该项目将提供新的证据，支持在纵向研究中心进行的四项国家纵向研究中引入调查方法、记录联系和衡量方面的创新：千年队列研究、下一步研究、1970年英国队列研究和1958年国家儿童发展研究。它将有助于在国内和国际上的纵向研究社区之间共享学习。该项目还将向ESRC提供证据，以支持可能委托进行的新的出生队列研究。它由以下分项目组成：千年队列研究和下一步婴儿：MCS和下一步研究成员目前处于生育和生育的重要年龄。我们将探索在MCS和Next Steps研究中扩大数据收集的科学潜力，以涵盖研究成员及其伴侣的怀孕和出生，并将新出生的婴儿纳入这些研究的纵向跟踪。这将包括对这些研究成员在未来10年出生的婴儿数量和时间的预测，以及在这些婴儿的怀孕、出生和早年期间吸引准父母参与的可能战略。还将调查对BCS70和非传染性疾病孙辈进行子研究的可能性。英国新的“加速设计”出生队列研究的设计选项：在这个项目中，我们将为新的全国出生队列研究列出一些设计选项。我们将界定可从中抽取具有代表性的新生婴儿样本的潜在样本范围，并列出对样本大小的影响，以及由此产生的样本在当地和全国的代表性。我们还将列出各种选择，以吸引具有全国代表性的学龄儿童群体。定性性研究：我们将与队列成员一起进行一系列定性研究，以测试他们对潜在创新的看法，这些创新包括将调查扩展到新的家庭成员(伴侣、婴儿)、实施基于网络的和其他数据收集模式、激励措施的使用和链接。我们将探讨在CLS队列内扩大记录联系的潜力，包括将队列嵌入到相互关联的国家人口中，以及新的地理数据联系，特别是科学价值、可行性和共识。我们将审查和发布关于数据收集模式的新证据，以及使用激励措施鼓励参与者在CLS队列中做出反应，并将提供关于数据收集新技术的文献综述。测量校准：为了增加跨队列研究的机会，我们将进行一种新的基于网络的心理健康测量数据收集，这是以前在CLS队列研究中在成年人中使用的。这将提供研究人员可以在跨队列研究中使用的校准措施，并将在未来的数据收集中为心理健康工具的选择提供信息。我们将尝试一种类似的方法进行儿童认知测试。MCS Web-Boost和设计：我们将在当前MCS年龄17岁的范围内进行Web-Boost调查，并评估其对响应的影响。我们将设计一年一度的网络调查邮寄和激励试验，以便将来在MCS和/或下一步中实施。

This project will provide new evidence to support the introduction of innovations in survey methods, record linkages, and measurement in the four national longitudinal studies run at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies: the Millennium Cohort Study, Next Steps, the 1970 British Cohort Study, and the 1958 National Child Development Study. It will contribute to shared learning across the longitudinal studies communities nationally and internationally. The project will also provide evidence to ESRC to support the potential commissioning of a new birth cohort study. It consists of the following sub-projects:Millennium Cohort Study and Next Steps babies: MCS and Next Steps study members are now at important ages for fertility and child-bearing. We will explore the scientific potential of extending data collection within the MCS and Next Steps studies to cover pregnancies and births of study members and their partners, and to incorporate new babies born into the longitudinal follow-up of these studies. This will include projections for number and timing of babies to be born to members of these studies in the next 10 years and possible strategies for engaging parents-to-be during the pregnancies, births and early years of these babies. The potential for a sub-study of BCS70 and NCDS grandchildren will also be investigated.Design options for a new 'accelerated-design' birth cohort study for the UK: In this project we will set out a number of design options for a new national birth cohort study. We will scope potential sampling frames from which representative samples of new babies could be drawn, and set out the implications for sample sizes, and local and national representativeness of the resulting samples. We will also set out options for drawing a nationally representative cohort of school-aged children. Associated power calculations for a range of hypothetical analyses will be provided.Qualitative research: we will carry out a set of qualitative research with cohort members to test their views on potential innovations including extending the surveys to new family members (partners, babies), the implementation of web-based and other data collection modes, the use of incentives, and linkages.We will scope the potential for extending record linkages within the CLS cohorts, including embedding cohorts into linked national populations, and novel geographic data linkages, with a particular focus on scientific value, feasibility and consent.We will review and publish new evidence on data collection modes, and the use of incentives to encourage participant response in the CLS cohorts, and will provide a literature review on new technologies for data collection.Calibration of measures: in order to improve opportunities for cross-cohort research we will carry out a novel web-based data collection of mental health measures, which have been previously used among adults in the CLS cohort studies. This will provide calibration measures that researchers can use in cross-cohort research, and will also inform the choice of mental health instruments in future data collections. We will pilot a similar approach to childhood cognitive tests. MCS web-boost and design: we will undertake a web-boost survey within the current MCS age 17 sweep, and we will evaluate its impact on response. We will design an annual web-survey mailing, and incentives experiment, for future implementation in MCS and/or Next Steps.