Irish Social Science Data Archive
Study number (SN): 0019-01 (Wave 1)
Growing up In Ireland Infant Cohort Wave 1
Study number (SN): 0019-02 (Wave 2)
Growing up In Ireland Infant Cohort Wave 2
Study number (SN): 0019-03 (Wave 3)
Growing up In Ireland Infant Cohort Wave 3
Study number (SN): 0019-04 (Wave 4)
Growing up In Ireland Infant Cohort Wave 4
Study number (SN): 0019-05 (Wave 5)
Growing up In Ireland Infant Cohort Wave 5
Study number (SN): 0019-06 (Wave 6)
Growing up In Ireland Infant Cohort Wave 6
Growing Up in Ireland is the national longitudinal study of children and youth in Ireland. It started in 2006 and follows two cohorts of children aged 9 years (child cohort) and 9 months (infant cohort). It is the most significant survey of its kind ever to take place in this country, and will help us to improve our understanding of children and their development. The main aim of the study is to paint a full picture of children in Ireland and how they are developing in the current social, economic and cultural environment. This information will be used to assist in policy formation and in the provision of services which will ensure all children have the best possible start in life.
Data collection for the Infant Cohort started in 2008 with over 11,000 9-month-olds and their families. Follow-up waves were completed when the child was aged 3 years, 5 years, 7/8 years (postal), 9 years and 13 years old. Depending on the particular wave, information has been collected from parents, carers, non-resident parents, teachers and principals.
Emotional Development/ Child Behaviour
Health
Education/ Cognitive processes
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Andrea K Bowe, Colm Healy, Mary Cannon, Mary B Codd, Physical activity and emotional-behavioural difficulties in young people: a longitudinal population-based cohort study, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31, Issue 1, February 2021, Pages 167–173, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa182
Denny K., (2012) Breastfeeding predicts handedness Laterality. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition: 17(3) , 361-368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2011.579131
Madden, D. (2014). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN IRELAND. Journal of Biosocial Science, 46(2), 248-265. doi:10.1017/S0021932013000187
Matvienko-Sikar, K., Murphy, G., & Murphy, G. (2017) 'The role of prenatal, obstetric, and post-partum factors in the parenting stress of mothers and fathers of 9-month old infants'. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2017.1286641
Perry, Catherine P., Keane, Eimear, Layte, Richard, Fitzgerald, Anthony P., Perry, Ivan J. and Harrington, Janas M. (2015). The use of a Dietary Quality Score as a predictor of childhood overweight and obesity. BMC Public Health 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1907-y
Reinhard et al. 2018. The Great Recession and the Health of Young Children: A Fixed-Effects Analysis in Ireland. American Journal of Epidemiology. https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy001/4802709.
Additional bibliography: http://www.esri.ie/growing-up-in-ireland/information-for-researchers/all-publications-using-growing-up-in-ireland-data/
