AQMeN - Applied Quantitative Methods Network

New findings from GUS published

Five new reports using data from the first four years of the Growing Up in Scotland study (GUS) were published on 29th April 2010. Full reports and Research Summaries are available from the GUS website  or from the Scottish Government website:

The circumstances of persistently poor children

Health inequalities in the early years

Maternal mental health and its impact on child behaviour and development


Children's social, emotional and behavioural characteristics at entry to primary school

Impact of the home learning environment on child cognitive development


GUS data is available to download from the UK Data Archive.

Data documentation and supporting information, including copies of the

questionnaires, is available from the Data Archive or from the GUS website

(Using GUS data button).

For more information, please contact:

Lesley Kelly

GUS Dissemination Officer

CRFR, University of Edinburgh

Lesley.kelly@ed.ac.uk

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