Links for Researchers

Irish Social Sciences Data Archive

Anonymised datafiles of Growing Up in Ireland data are available through the Irish Social Sciences Data Archive based at UCD.  The data from Wave 1 of the 9-year and 9-month cohorts are now available.

Irish Qualitative Data Archive

The Irish Qualitative Data Archive based in Maynooth holds the qualitative data from Wave 1 of the Growing Up in Ireland child cohort, amongst other qualitative resources.  Contact them at www.iqda.ie.

Children's Research Centre

The Children’s Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin has a number of ongoing research programmes in addition to working with the ESRI on Growing Up in Ireland.   You can go directly to their publications page here.

Children's Database

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has compiled a portal to a wide range of information, publications and policy documents relevant to Irish children and youth at their site www.childrensdatabase.ie.

Other Longitudinal Child Cohort Studies

In developing instruments and procedures for Growing Up in Ireland, the Study Team consulted a number of other international longitudinal child cohort studies.   These include (with links):

• Millennium Cohort Study ( UK )

• Growing Up in Australia

• National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth ( Canada )

• Early Childhood Longitudinal Study ( USA )

• Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children ( UK )

• Growing Up in Scotland

EUCCONET

European Child Cohort Network.  A forum for researchers working on child cohort studies to share information and experience.  The site includes presentations from previous workshops including 'Surveying Children' and 'Data Management'.

Central Statistics Office Ireland

A wealth of statistics and data on many aspects of life in Ireland is available from the site of the Central Statistics Office.

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