Accessing Data

Quantitative Data

Wave 1 of Infant and Child Cohort

Two types of Growing Up in Ireland quantitative data files can be accessed: Anonymised Microdata Files and Researcher Microdata Files.

• The Anonymised Microdata File (AMF) is a publicly available anonymised dataset. Researchers wishing to access the AMF should apply to the Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) at www.ucd.ie/issda.

• The Researcher Microdata File (RMF) is a more detailed dataset. Access to the RMF is subject to appointment of the researcher as an Officer of Statistics by the Central Statistics Office, meaning that the researcher is subject to the full rigour and penalties of the Statistics Act, 1993. Researchers wishing to access the RMF should apply to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs at www.dcya.ie.

Qualitative Data

Wave 1 of Child Cohort

The Growing Up in Ireland qualitative data file is also a publicly available anonymised dataset. Researchers wishing to access the qualitative data file should apply to the Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA) at www.iqda.ie.