Help shape the content of the MCS age 14 survey

 

Deadline for written submissions: 4^th March 2013

Consultative conference: 27^th March 2013

 

 

CLS is seeking advice on what should be covered in the age 14 survey of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), scheduled for 2015. Age 14 marks a major transition in the cohort members’ lives and has the potential to be a particularly important and illuminating stage of the study. Your expertise will help us produce a high quality survey.

 

We are asking academics, policy makers and other stakeholders to put forward their specific suggestions for content and questions by Monday 4^th March 2013 and to join us at the MCS6 consultative conference on Wednesday 27^th March 2013.

 

How to contribute to the consultation

 

We have organised the survey content into eight key themes, with a theme leader responsible for reviewing and prioritising your proposals, and presenting a summary for debate at the consultative conference. A copy of the consultation form is attached for you to complete and email to the relevant theme leader by 4^th March. Further information on the themes and theme leaders can be found below. Please visit our website for more details.

 

Register for the conference

 

Date: Wednesday 27^th March 2013

Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm

Location: Institute of Education, University of London

Book your place via our website: www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/mcs6consultativeconference

 

The conference is free of charge.

 

Themes and theme leaders

 

1.    Parents: Parental health, behaviours and beliefs (Mel Bartley, University College London, [log in to unmask])

This theme covers main carer and partner health, disability, mental health, parenting, parental relationships and friendships, neighbourhood context and parents’ beliefs and values.

 

2.    Family resources (Stephen McKay, University of Birmingham, [log in to unmask])

This theme covers family income, parents’ employment and economic activity, housing and assets.

 

3.    Teenage health and wellbeing (Yvonne Kelly, University College London, [log in to unmask])

This theme covers the teenager’s physical measurements, physical maturity and development (puberty), mental and physical health, disability, wellbeing and life satisfaction.

 

4.    Education and school (Anna Vignoles, University of Cambridge. Please email Kate Smith, CLS, [log in to unmask])

This theme covers the teenager’s experience of school, engagement and alienation, attitudes to education, educational and occupational aspirations, school type and characteristics. This theme does not include cognitive assessments.

 

5.    Cognitive function and personality (Theme Leaders: Barbara Maughan, King’s College London [log in to unmask], and Ann Hagell, Journal of Adolescence)

This theme covers cognitive and neuropsychological assessments, personality traits, and values.

 

6.    Risk, relationships and independence (Andy Furlong, University of Glasgow, [log in to unmask])

This theme covers the teenager’s engagement in risky behaviours, anti-social behaviour, peer, family and romantic relationships, independence and autonomy.

 

7.    Identity and activity (Please email Kirstine Hansen, CLS, [log in to unmask])

This theme covers teenager’s ethnicity, identity, financial literacy, consumption, media engagement sporting and cultural participation.

 

8.    Measures of daily activity and time use (Jonathan Gershuny, University of Oxford. Please email Stella Chatzitheochari, CLS, [log in to unmask])

This theme covers time diary record of how the teenager spends his or her time and with whom.

 

 

Please forward this email on to others you think would be interested in contributing to the consultation. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

 

 

Claire Battye

Communications Officer

 

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