MCS4 Parent Interview (MCS)#
Last modified: 28 May 2026
1. Summary#
This dataset contains parental responses to questions on many topics including their ethnicity, marital status, relationships, lone parenthood, pregnancy, childcare, health, height, weight, non-resident children, home, financial support, employment and income at sweep 4
| Dataset Descriptor | Dataset-specific Information |
|---|---|
| Name of Dataset in TRE | MCS_mcs4_parent_interview |
| Citation (APA) | University College London, UCL Social Research Institute, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. (2021). Millennium Cohort Study (MCS): MCS4 Parent Interview. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00200-01 |
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| Series | Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) |
| Owner | University College London |
| Temporal Coverage | 01/2008 - 12/2008 |
| Keywords | Family Life,Health,employment,attitudes,Social mobility |
| Participants Invited | 13857 |
| Participant Count | 17926 |
| Number of variables | 1280 |
| Number of observations | 22956 |
| Specific Restrictions to Data Use | None |
| Build a Data Request | https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/ |
2. Version History#
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Version Date | 01 Nov 2021 |
| Number of Variables | 1281 |
| Number of Observations | 22956 |
| DOI | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00200-01 |
| Change Log | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00200-01/activities |
3. Documentation#
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4. Useful Syntax#
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