Millennium Cohort Study
Data details
| Year: | 2015 |
| Scope: | National |
| Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Quantitative |
| Methods of data collection: | Survey |
| Researched Groups: | Children |
| Children Ages: | Pre-adolescents (11-13 Years old); Adolescents (14-18 Years old) |
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council and a consortium of government departments |
| Funder Types: | National Research Council; National Government / Ministry |
| Has Formal Ethical Clearance: | Yes |
| Informed Consent: | Consent not mentioned |
| URL: | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/millennium-cohort-study/ |
| Data Set Availability: | Data set in online repository |
| Data Set Link: | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000031 |
| How to obtain the data: | Account required: yes. Way of acquisition: download. Information needed to be provided: name, credentials, contact. Restrictions: commercial use under approval. Notes: data needs to be assigned to project; some parts of the data are open access. |
Goals
To follow the lives of around 19,000 young people born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-02.
Related publications
Is social media screen time really associated with poor adolescent mental health? A time use diary study
Prospective relationships of adolescents’ screen-based sedentary behaviour with depressive symptoms: the Millennium Cohort Study
The impact of social networking sites use on health-related outcomes among UK adolescents
Not all screen time is created equal: associations with mental health vary by activity and gender