sweep 5 mother child data (NCDS58)#
Last modified: 28 May 2026
1. Summary#
This is the mother child data of sweep 5 (1991, age 33). The data are long (the IDs are ncdsid and person, one row per person/child in the family of the Cohort Member) and they contain information about motherhood and raising children in the household as well as health and educational attainment/skills.
| Dataset Descriptor | Dataset-specific Information |
|---|---|
| Name of Dataset in TRE | NCDS58_ncds5_mother_child |
| Citation (APA) | University College London, UCL Social Research Institute, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. (2021). 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS): sweep 5 mother child data. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00240-02 |
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| Series | 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) |
| Owner | University College London |
| Temporal Coverage | 03/1991 - 12/1991 |
| Keywords | Mother,child cognition,Behaviour,Attitudes,Parenthood,Inter-generational |
| Participants Invited | 11469 |
| Participant Count | 1751 |
| Number of variables | 1745 |
| Number of observations | 4287 |
| Specific Restrictions to Data Use | None |
| Build a Data Request | https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/ |
2. Version History#
| Version | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Version Date | 01 Nov 2021 | 01 Nov 2021 |
| Number of Variables | 1746 | 1746 |
| Number of Observations | 4287 | 4287 |
| DOI | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00240-01 | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00240-02 |
| Change Log | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00240-01/activities | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00240-02/activities |
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