Growing Up in Scotland - Sweep 4 data now available
Data from the fourth year of data collection is now available to download from the UK Data Archive/ESDS:
http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5760
Data Documentation, including a copy of the Questionnaire and a list of variables are also available from the ESDS or from the GUS website ‘Using GUS data’ page:
http://www.crfr.ac.uk/gus/using%20data.html
Presentations and materials from the GUS Data Workshops held in Edinburgh and Glasgow in Dec 2009/ Jan 2010 are also available to download from the page.
At Sweep 4, the children in the birth cohort were aged just under 4 years and the children in the child aged just under 6 years. Height and weight measurements were taken from all children. Sweep 4 includes detailed questions about parenting techniques and parent/child activities, as well as information relating to the transition to primary school for the child cohort children.
To download the published reports from Sweep 4 please visit the GUS website:
www.growingupinscotland.org.uk
Are you using GUS data?
Information from the ESDS tells us who has downloaded the data but provides limited information about the way it is being used. If you are using GUS to inform your research, please do let us know. It is very important that we are able demonstrate the value of the data. If you attended one of our recent Data Workshops but decided not to download the data, please let us know why. In particular, we’re keen to hear if there’s anything further we can assist you with in accessing and
using the data.
If you downloaded the data but are not currently using it, it would be helpful if you could let us know the reasons for this. Again, we’re particularly keen to hear if there’s anything further we can assist you with in using the data.
Please reply to Lesley Kelly, GUS Dissemination Officer,
lesley.kelly@ed.ac.uk, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR),
The University of Edinburgh, 23 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LN, Phone: 0131 651 5004
www.growingupinscotland.org.uk
