Welcome to the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) follows the lives of more than 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. Over the course of cohort members lives, the BCS70 has collected information on health, physical, educational and social development, and economic circumstances among other factors.
The BCS70 is managed by CLS and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
The surveys
Since the birth survey in 1970, there have been seven ‘sweeps’ of all cohort members at ages 5, 10, 16, 26, 30, 34 and 38. The age 42 survey began in May this year and will continue until the end of 2012.
For more information on each of these surveys, visit our surveys pages.
The data
The data for all BCS70 sweeps is available from the Economic and Social Data Service. For more information, see our accessing the data page.
Support available
This section of our website offers tools and information to help researchers use the data. If you need further support, please contact our user support team.
Contact us
If you can’t find the help you need on our surveys and documentation pages, please contact clsfeedback@ioe.ac.uk
If you have queries regarding downloading the data, please contact the UK Data Archive.