Key publications

Some key publications based on NCDS data are listed below.

Comparing data from the 1946, 1958 and 1970 cohort studies

  • Ferri, E., Bynner, J. and Wadsworth, M. (eds) (2003) Changing Britain, changing lives, London: Institute of Education.

Child poverty

  • Gregg, P., Harkness S. and Machin, S. (1999) Child development and family income, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Hobcraft, J. and Kiernan, K.E. (2001) ‘Childhood poverty, early motherhood and adult social exclusion’, British Journal of Sociology, 52 (3): 495-517.
  • Pilling, D. (1990) Escape from disadvantage, London: Falmer Press.

Disability

  • Barker, M. and Power, C. (1993) ‘Disability in young adults: the role of injuries’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 47: 349-354.
  • Butler, N. R. and Pringle, M. K. (1966) ‘Prevention of handicaps in children’, Maternal and Child Care, 2 (17): 237-242.
  • Emond, A, Golding J. and Peckham, C.S. (1989) ‘Cerebral palsy in two national cohort studies’, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 64: 848-852.
  • Walker, A. (1982) Unqualified and underemployed: handicapped young people and the labour market, London: Macmillan.

Divorce, single parents and stepfamilies

  • Buchanan, A. and Flouri, E. (2001) ‘Parental family structure and adult expectations of familial support in times of emotional need’, British Journal of Social Work, 31: 133-139.
  • Cherlin, A., Kiernan, K.E. and Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1995) ‘Parental divorce in childhood and demographic outcomes in young adulthood’, Demography, 32 (3): 299-318.
  • Ely, M., Richards, M.P.M., Wadsworth, M.E.J. and Elliott, B.J. (1999) ‘Secular changes in the association of parental divorce and children’s educational attainment - evidence from three British birth cohorts’, Journal of Social Policy, 28 (3): 437-455.
  • Ferri, E. (1976) Growing up in a one-parent family, Windsor: NFER Publishing Company.
  • Furstenburg, F.F. and Kiernan, K.E. (2001) ‘Delayed parental divorce: how much do children benefit?’, Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63 (2): 446-457.
  • Hope, S., Power, C. and Rodgers, B. (1998) ‘The relationship between parental separation in childhood and problem drinking in adulthood’, Addiction, 93 (4): 505-514.

Smoking during pregnancy

  • Butler, N.R., Goldstein, H. and Ross E.M. (1971) ‘Cigarette smoking in pregnancy: influence on birth and perinatal mortality’, British Medical Journal, 1: 127-130.
  • Fogelman, K. (1980) ‘Smoking in pregnancy and subsequent development of the child’, Child Care, Health and Development, 6 (4): 233-251.

Crime and anti-social behaviour

  • Bynner, J. and Parsons, S. (2003) ‘Social participation, values and crime’. In E. Ferri, J. Bynner and M. Wadsworth (eds) Changing Britain, changing lives, London: Institute of Education.
  • Flouri, E. and Buchanan, A. (2002) ‘Fathers’ involvement in childhood and trouble with the police in adolescence: findings from the 1958 British cohort’, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17: 689-701.
  • Parsons, S. (2002) Basic skills and crime, London: The Basic Skills Agency.

Education

  • Blundell, R., Dearden, L., Goodman, A. and Reed, H. (2000) ‘The returns to higher education in Britain: evidence from a British cohort’, Economic Journal, 110: F82-F89.
  • Dearden, L., McIntosh, S., Myck, M. and Vignoles, A. (2002) ‘The returns to academic and vocational qualifications in Britain’, Bulletin of Economic Research, 54 (3): 249-274.
  • Elliott, J., Dale, A. and Egerton, M. (2001) ‘The influence of qualifications on women’s work histories, employment status and earnings at age 33’, European Sociological Review, 17 (2): 145-168.

Access and barriers to education

  • Blanden, J. and Gregg, P. (2004) Family income and educational attainment: a review of approaches and evidence for Britain, Centre for the Economics of Education Working Paper, London: LSE.
  • Bynner, J. and Joshi, H. (2002) ‘Equality and opportunity in education: evidence from the 1958 and 1970 birth cohort studies’, Oxford Review of Education, 28 (4): 405-425.
  • Bynner, J. and Parsons, S. (2002) ‘Social exclusion and the transition from school to work: the case of young people not in education, employment or training’, Journal of Vocational Behaviour, 60: 289-309.
  • Dearden, L., McGranahan, L. and Sianesi, B. (2004) The role of credit constraints in educational choices: evidence from NCDS and BCS70, Centre for the Economics of Education Working Paper, London: LSE.

Women and employment

  • Dex, S., Joshi, H. and Macran, S. (1996) ‘A widening gulf among Britain’s mothers’, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 12 (1): 65-75.
  • Dex, S., Joshi, H., McCulloch, A. and Macran, S. (1998) ‘Women’s employment transitions around childbearing’, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 60 (1): 97-115.
  • Joshi, H. and Paci, P. (1998) Unequal pay for women and men: evidence from the British birth cohort studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
  • Joshi, H. and Verropoulou, G. (2000) Maternal employment and child outcomes, Occasional Paper, London: The Smith Institute.
  • Waldfogel, J. (1995) ‘The price of motherhood - family status and women’s pay in a young British cohort’, Oxford Economic Papers - New Series, 47 (4): 584-610.