1953 (aged 7 years)
Responding Population
All eligible study members were contacted: 4,480 study members were examined by their school’s doctor.
| Provided information | 4,480 |
| Cumulative total of deaths | 232 |
| Cumulative permanent refusals | 1 |
| Temporarily living abroad | 42 |
| Cumulative emigrated | 249 |
| Failure to contact | 358 |
Data collection
School doctors undertook the medical examination, and health visitors and school nurses completed records of school absences, accidents and the form about the school and the preschool preparation of the study child for school.
Training for data collection
Instructions are given at the head of each form.
Contents
School Doctor
- Medical history
- Examination
More detailed information on the topics collected is available here
School Absences
- Times away from school
- Accidents
- Maternal reports of hospital admissions
- Bed wetting (A3 only)
School
- Type of school and class
- Age at first reading instruction
- Parental interest in school progress
Questionnaires
Form D2 – Examination by Doctor- Form S1a – School questionnaire
- Form A2 – School absence and holiday sickness records (Jan 1953 – April 1953) – interview with mother
- Form A3 – School absence and holiday sickness records (April 1953 – Sep 1953) – interview with mother
- Form S2 – School absence record (1953 – 1954)
- 1948 Follow Up – Mother’s Follow Up Questionnaire