Teachers

There are two types of questionnaires asked for the teacher or head teacher: the first set are questions asked about the study member of the teacher who knew them best; the second set were asked of the head teacher and refer to general information about the school itself.  These were completed by the school and also based on interviews with the mother by the school nurse or health visitor. Records of school absences covered completed by the school from school records covered the periods 1952/53 to 1955/56.   In addition, records of illnesses and absences were also collected from the study member's mother covered the periods in 1953. 

The teachers completed questionnaires on the study member at least 4 times; for those who continued at school on reaching the age of 16 questionnaires continued to be sent to their schools/colleges:

• 1953
• 1956
• 1959
• 1961

After 1961 the questionnaires were split depending on what the study member was doing. For those who were still at school or college a similar set of questionnaires were completed, while for those who were in employment (or seeking employment) had their own questionnaires. Where possible questions were included in both versions.