Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Recent working papers

To download a working paper, click on the title in the list below. For working papers pre-2008, visit the working paper section of the CLS online library.

2013/4
Jenkins, A. (2013) Learning and the lifecourse: The acquisition of qualifications in adulthood. CLS Working Paper 2013/4. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2013/3
Calderwood, L. and Rose, N. (2013) Collecting saliva samples for DNA extraction from children and parents: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper 2013/3. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2013/2
Chatzitheochari, S. (2013) Prevalence and correlates of sleep problems at age 50: Initial results from the National Child Development Study. CLS Working Paper 2013/2. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2013/1
Campbell, T. (2013) In-school ability grouping and the month of birth effect: Preliminary evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper 2013/1. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2012/6
Elliott, J. (2012) Imagine you are 60: A view of the next decade for 50-year-olds in the 1958 British birth cohort study as they enter the 'third age'. CLS Working Paper 2012/6. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2012/5
Flouri, E. and Panourgia, C. (2012) Do primary school children’s career aspirations matter? The relationship between family poverty, career aspirations, and emotional and behavioural problems. CLS Working Paper 2012/5. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2012/4
Calderwood, L. (2012). Improving between-wave mailings on longitudinal surveys: A randomised experiment on the UK Millennium Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper 2012/4. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2012/3
Brown, M. (2012). Assessing recall of early life circumstances: Evidence from the National Child Development Study. CLS Working Paper 2012/3. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2012/2
Dickerson, A. and Popli, G. (2012). Persistent poverty and cognitive development: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper 2012/2. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2012/1
Sabates, R. and Dex, S. (2012). Multiple risk factors in young children's development. CLS Working Paper 2012/1. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2011/5
Elliott, J., Gale, C., Kuh, D. and Parsons, S. (2011). The design and content of the HALCyon qualitative study: A qualitative sub-study of the National Study of Health and Development and the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper 2011/5. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2011/4
Richards, M. (2011). An ethical review of the use of functional MRI. CLS Working Paper 2011/4. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2011/3
Hawkes, D. and Joshi, H. (2011). Unequal entry to motherhood and unequal outcomes for children. CLS Working Paper 2011/3. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2011/2
Neuburger, J., Joshi, H. and Dex, S. (2011). Part-time working and pay amongst Millennium Cohort Study mothers. CLS Working Paper 2011/2. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2011/1
Hansen, K. and Kneale, D. (2011). Does how you measure income make a difference to measuring poverty? CLS Working Paper 2011/1. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/10
Knight, H.M., Brown, M., Dodgeon, B., Maughan, B., Richards, M., Elliott, J., Sahakian, B. J., Robbins, T.W. (2010). Investigating individual differences in memory and cognition in the National Child Development Study cohort members using a life course approach. CLS Working Paper 2010/10. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/9
Calderwood, L, PLewis, I, Ketende S.C and Taylor, R. (2010). Experimental testing of refusal conversion strategies in a large-scale longitudinal study. CLS Working Paper 2010/9. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/8
Brown, M. and Knight, H.M. (2010). Attitudes towards participating in fMRI studies amongst participants in a birth cohort study. CLS Working Paper 2010/8. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/7
Calderwood, L. (2010). Keeping in touch with mobile families in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper 2010/7. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/6
McDonald, J.W. and Ketende, S.C. (2010). Nonresponse Weight Adjustments Using Multiple Imputation for the UK Millennium Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper 2010/6. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/5
Parsons, S. (2010). Understanding Participation: Being part of the 1958 National Child Development Study from birth to age 50. CLS Working Paper 2010/5. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/4
Ketende, S.C., McDonald, J. and Dex, S. (2010). Non-response in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) from birth to 34 years. CLS Working Paper 2010/4. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/3
Elliott, J., Miles, A., Parsons, S. and Savage, M. (2010). The design and content of the ‘Social participation’ study: A qualitative sub-study conducted as part of the age 50 (2008) sweep of the National Child Development Study. CLS Working Paper 2010/3. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/2
Brown, M. (2010) Attitudes Towards Pensions and Retirement at Age 50: Initial results from the National Child Development Study. CLS Working Paper 2010/2. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2010/1
Brown, M. and Dodgeon, B. (2010) NCDS Cognitive Assessments at Age 50: Initial Results. CLS Working Paper 2010/1. London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2009/4
Bukodi, E (2009) Education, First Occupation and Later Occupational Attainment: Cross-cohort Changes among Men and Women in Britain. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2009/3
Bukodi, E and Goldthorpe, J.H (2009) Class Origins, Education and Occupational Attainment: Cross-cohort Changes among Men in Britain. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2009/2
Neuburger, J, Kuh, D and Joshi, H (2009) Trends in the relative wage opportunities of women and men across three British generations. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2009/1
Joshi, H., Cooksey, E. and Verropoulou, G. (2009) Combining Childrearing with Work: Do Maternal Employment Experiences Compromise Child Development. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2008/13
Crosby, D.A and Hawkes, D.D. (2008) Cross-National Research Using Contemporary Birth Cohort Studies: A Look at Early Maternal Employment in the United Kingdom and United States. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2008/12
Jenkins, A., Joshi, H. and Killingsworth, M. (2008) Educational Attainment, Labour Market Conditions and Unobserved Heterogeneity: The Timing of First and Higher-Order Births in Britain. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2008/11
Dex, S. and Rosenberg, R. (2008) Ethnic minorities and non-response in the Millennium Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2008/10
Hawkes, D.D. and Plewis, I (2008) Missing Income Data in the Millennium Cohort Study: Evidence from the First Two Sweeps. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

2008/9
Kiernan, K.E, and Mensah, F.K. (2008) Poverty, Maternal Depression, Family Status and Children's Cognitive and Behavioural Devlopment in Early Childhood: a longitudinal study. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies

This working paper has now been superseded by a refereed journal article: KIERNAN K.E. and MENSAH, F.K. (2009) Poverty, Maternal Depression, Family Status and Children's Cognitive and Behavioural development in Early Childhood: a longitudinal study. Journal of Social Policy, 38(4), 569-588.

2008/8
Verropoulou, G. and Joshi, H. (2008) Does mothers' employment conflict with child development? Multilevel analysis of British mothers born in 1958. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

This working paper has now been superseded by a refereed journal article:
VERROPOULOU, G. and JOSHI, H. (2009) Does mothers' employment conflict with child development? Multilevel analysis of British mothers born in 1958. Journal of Population Economics, 22(3), 665-692

2008/7
Bradshaw, J. and Holmes, J. (2008) Family poverty assessed at three years old. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2008/6
Percy, A. and Iwaniec, D. (2008) Antecedents of hazardous teenage drinking: analysis of the British Birth Cohort Study. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2008/5
Ecob, R. (2008) Optimal modelling of hearing impairment in middle age in relation to hearing in childhood as measured by audiograms. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2008/4
Joshi, H., Dodgeon, B. and Hughes, G. (2008) A profile of population change in Rural England. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2008/3
Sullivan, A., Joshi, H. and Leonard, D. (2008) Single-sex Schooling and Academic Attainment at School and through the Lifecourse. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2008/2
Michael, R. T. (2008) Children’s Reading and Math Skills: The Influence of Family Caring. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

2008/1
Guinea-Martin, D. and Elliott, J. (2008) Economic position and occupational segregation in the 1990s: A comparison of the ONS Longitudinal Study and the 1958 National Child Development Study. CLS Working Paper, London: Centre for Longitudinal Studies.