Click on the individual cognitive measures to find out more.
Age | NSHD | NCDS | BCS70 | ALSPAC | MCS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0/1 years | Age 4 months*: | Age 9 months:
|
|||
1/2 years | Age 22 months*:
| Age 18 months*: Age 25 months*:
| |||
3 years | Age 42 months*: | Age 3:
|
|||
4/5 years | Age 5: | Age 49 months*:
Age 61 months*:
| Age 5:
|
||
7 years | Age 7: | Age 7.5: | Age 7:
|
||
8/9 years | Age 8: | Age 8:
Age 9: | |||
10/11 years | Age 11: | Age 11:
| Age 10: | Age 10: Age 11:
| Age 11:
|
12/13 years | Age 12:
Age 13.5: | ||||
14/15 years | Age 15: | Age 15.5: | Age 14:
|
||
16/17 years | Age 16:
| Age 16:
| Age 17.5: | Age 17***:
|
|
Multi-age**** | Age 3 years 11 months and older*****:
| Age 3-5 years 11 months:
Age 6-16 years 11 months: |
_
Notes. *Tests administered to a randomly selected sub-sample. **Test administered to cohort member, mother and partner. ***MCS7 not available at time of writing. ****Tests administered to children of cohort member. *****Tests completed by a sub-sample.
Explore the cognitive measures across studies later in life:
Explore the cognitive measures in the cohort studies covered by this guide:
- 1946 National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD)
- 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS)
- 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
- Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
- Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)
Further information:
- Background & instruction on using this guide
- Acknowledgements and copyright information for this guide
- References for this guide
- Download the full guide as a PDF
This page is part of CLOSER’s ‘A guide to the cognitive measures in five British birth cohort studies’.