2026-10-15T08:02:03Z
https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai
4c8759d9dddaeffc7b8476f855d509fa44d2c4793a612dd2177a75d9932875e9
2026-06-13T03:27:09Z
language:enopenaire_data
10.5255/UKDA-SN-9383-29383
http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9383-2
Growing Up in Scotland: Cohort 1: Sweep 11, 2021-2023: Special Licence Access
Scottish Centre for Social Research
<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><div><div>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Growing Up in Scotland</span> (GUS) study is a large-scale longitudinal social survey which follows the lives of several groups of Scottish children from infancy through childhood and adolescence. It aims to provide important information on children, young people and their families in Scotland. The study forms a central part of the Scottish Government's strategy for the long-term monitoring and evaluation of its policies for children and young people, with a specific focus on the early years. The study seeks both to describe the characteristics, circumstances and experiences of children in their early years in Scotland and, through its longitudinal design, to generate a better understanding of how children's start in life can shape their longer term prospects and development</div><div><br></div><div>Since 2005 fieldwork has been undertaken by the Scottish Centre for Social Research. The survey design for Birth Cohort 1 consisted of recruiting the parents of an initial total of 5,217 children aged 10 months old in 2005 and interviewing them annually until their child reached age six. Further fieldwork was then undertaken at ages 8, 10, 12, 14 and 17-18 with a sample boost added at age 12.</div><br>For sweeps 1 to 9 data were collected via an in-home, face-to-face interview with self-complete sections. Fieldwork for sweeps 10 and 11 were disrupted due to the COVID pandemic. As a result, portions of the data were collected via web and telephone questionnaires whilst others involved face-to-face interviews where they were permitted. The study user guides provide further details.</div><div><br>Further information about the survey may be found on the <a href="https://growingupinscotland.org.uk/" target="_blank">Growing Up in Scotland</a> website.<br><br>In May 20205, data and documentation for Cohort 1, Sweeps 1-11 were released as individual studies (SNs 9373-9383 and 9386-9387). Previously they were held under one study (SN 5760) which has been withdrawn from the data catalogue.<br><br></div><span style="font-style: italic;">Latest edition information:</span><br>For the second edition (August 2025), the young person cross-sectional weight variable (DkWTchld) has been updated. In the previous version of the data, this weight was missing for 20 eligible cases. Only cross-sectional analysis utilising this weight would have been affected and only through the 20 cases being excluded from the analysis. <B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><div>The main carer questionnaire covered the following topics:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>political attitudes and civic participation</li><li>careers services and post-school plans</li><li>optimism</li><li>parent-young person relationship</li><li>main carer's health</li><li>main carer's mental health</li><li>pregnancy, pregnancy behaviours and birth details (boost sample not interviewed at sweep 10 only)</li><li>main carer employment details</li><li>proxy partner's employment questions</li><li>sources of income</li><li>income</li><li>managing financially</li><li>main carer's education</li><li>parent respondent ethnicity</li><li>proxy partner ethnicity</li></ul><p>The young person self-completion CAWI/CASI questionnaire covered the following topics:</p><ul><li>relationship with parents</li><li>life satisfaction (Huebner)</li><li>loneliness</li><li>fear of failure</li><li>growth mindset</li><li>sense of belonging</li><li>support</li><li>upsetting relationship episode</li><li>victimisation</li><li>relationship with peers (PIML Peer Attachment Scale)</li><li>social media</li><li>gender identity and sexual orientation</li><li>puberty </li><li>sexual relationships</li><li>pregnancies</li><li>perceptions of own weight and satisfaction with how they look</li><li>strengths and difficulties questionnaire</li><li>anxiety</li><li>depression (Patient Health Questionnaire - PHQ-9)</li><li>mental health</li><li>self-harm</li><li>antisocial behaviour</li><li>alcohol, smoking and drugs</li><li>contact with police</li><li>children’s hearings and looked-after status</li><li>control</li><li>optimism</li><li>attitudes to risk</li></ul><p>A <a href="https://growingupinscotland.org.uk/topic-overview" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">topic overview</a> covering all sweeps, is available on the GUS website.</p>
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDDIETARY HABITSCHILD CAREPUBERTYHOUSEHOLDSECONOMIC ACTIVITYLEISURE TIME ACTIVITIESASPIRATIONSPOUSESLANGUAGES USED AT HOMEPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTWELL-BEING (SOCIETY)SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSHOUSING TENURESOCIAL BEHAVIOURWELL-BEING (HEALTH)FAMILY ENVIRONMENTCOVID-19CHILD BEHAVIOURINTERNET USEGENDER IDENTITYEARLY CHILDHOODRELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONSOCIAL SUPPORTSATISFACTIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONMENTAL HEALTHQUALITY OF LIFENEIGHBOURHOODSFRIENDSWEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)YOUTHINCOMECHILD HEALTHPARENT PARTICIPATIONONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKSPRIMARY EDUCATIONTIME BUDGETSSINGLE PARENTSFIELDS OF STUDYHEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)PARENTSCHILD DEVELOPMENTSEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
en
2025-05-12T08:48:17Z
Dataset
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Scotland
https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider
9383
2025-09-23T03:31:18Z
ddi:codebook:2_5