# LPS characteristics and study focus
>Last modified: 10 Feb 2026
A summary of LPS characteristics and the original focus of each study.
Table 1 summarises some of the key features of UK LLC's longitudinal population study (LPS) partners. It is intended as a starting point for researchers who may be unfamiliar with some of the LPS. More information about the LPS in the UKLLC partnership is available elsewhere on [Guidebook](../lps_introduction.md) and on the LPS' own websites.
## Table 1: LPS characteristics and *original study focus*
| LPS | Single
region | Age
cohort | Children
& parents | Common
occupation | Ethnically
diverse | *Development
& ageing* | *Health* | *Education,
employment,
& finances* | *Genetics* |
|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|AIRWAVE |✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✗|✓|✓|✗|
|ALSPAC |✓|✓|✓|✗|✗|✓|✓|✓|✓|
|BCS70 |✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✓|✗|
|BIB |✓|✓|✓|✗|✓|✗|✓|✓|✓|
|ELSA |✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✓|✗|
|EPIC-N |✓|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✗|
|EXCEED |✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✓|
|FENLAND |✓|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✓|
|GENSCOT |✗|✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✗|
|GLAD |✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✓|
|MCS |✗|✓|✓|✗|✗|✓|✗|✓|✗|
|NCDS58 |✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✓|✗|
|NEXTSTEP |✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✗|
|NICOLA |✓|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✓|✗|
|NIHRBIO_
COPING|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✗|
|NSHD46 |✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✓|✗|
|SABRE |✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✓|✗|✗|
|TEDS |✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✗|✓|
|TRACKC19 |✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✗|✗|
|TWINS |✗|✗|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✗|✓|
|UKHLS |✗|✗|✓|✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✓|
|UKREACH1 |✗|✗|✗|✓|✓|✗|✓|✗|✗|
1 Data from UKREACH are not yet available in the TRE.