Early-Childhood
Growing Up in Scotland - Sweep 2 data
The data from Sweep 2 of GUS is now available from the UK Data Archive:
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5760
The data documentation is also available from the GUS website:
http://www.crfr.ac.uk/gus/using%20data.html
At Sweep 2, the children in the study are aged 22 months (the birth cohort) and 46 months (the child cohort). New topics at Sweep 2 include:
Food and eating (birth cohort only)
Participation in activities
The transition to pre-school (child cohort only) Neighbourhood and community Height and weight measurements (child cohort only)
Data workshops are provisionally planned for next year, when Sweep 3 data becomes available, and may include training in longtitudinal analysis methods.
If you are using GUS data, please keep in touch and let us know what you are using it for. Please provide a short paragraph on the aims of your research and e-mail to [log in to unmask]
Please forward this message to any colleagues you think may be interested.
Anyone can register their interest in GUS through our website:
http://www.growingupinscotland.org.uk/
With best wishes,
Lesley Kelly
GUS Dissemination Officer
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR)
The University of Edinburgh |23 Buccleuch Place | Edinburgh EH8 9LN
Phone: 0131 651 5004
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.growingupinscotland.org.uk
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