1.6 Lessons from Comparable Studies

A review of comparable studies was completed to identify topics and themes which

were often included in other studies, indicating that their importance is generally

accepted, as well as topics that have not been previously included in similar waves of

Growing Up in Ireland. Nineteen comparable studies, including past waves of

Growing Up in Ireland, were reviewed (listed below). Longitudinal studies which

included questionnaires for data collection at around 3 years of age with a

multidisciplinary purpose were considered. For the majority of studies, topic overview

materials were identified on each of the respective websites. Four of the studies were

emailed directly and study materials provided by the corresponding research team.9

User guides, data dictionaries, design reports, and questionnaires were used for topic

identification, although differing levels of detail on the actual variables/questions

were noted between sources.

Table 1.7: Summary of studies comparable to the forthcoming age 3 year wave of Cohort 24 of Growing Up in

Ireland

Study	Age	Year	Country
Growing Up in Ireland - Cohort 08*	3 years / 5 years	2011 / 2013	Ireland
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children-
	3 years	2012-2018	UK
Generation 2

Born in Bradford 1000	3 years	2012	UK
Children of the 2020s	38 months	2024	UK
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study*	2 years / Pre-School	2003 / 2005	USA
Étude Longitudinale Française depuis l’Enfance	3 years	2013	France
Fragile Families	3 years	2001-2003	USA
German Health Interview and Examination Survey
	3 years	2014-2017	Germany
for Children and Adolescents

Growing Up in Australia	3 years	2006-2007	Australia
Growing Up in Hungary	3 years	2021	Hungary
Growing Up in Quebec	41 months	2023	Canada
Growing Up in Scotland	34 months	2013	UK
Growing Up in New Zealand*	2 years / 45 months	2011 / 2013	New Zealand
Kids in Taiwan	3 years	2017	Taiwan
Millennium Cohort Study	3 years	2004	UK
Origins Project	3 years	2021	Australia
Panel Study on Korean Children	3 years	2010	South Korea
Southampton Woman’s Study	3 years	2002-2011	UK
Wirral Child Health and Development Study	3 years	2011	UK

9 The GUI team at DCEDIY is grateful for the assistance received from the research teams in other cohort studies around the world

1.7 Consultation with Young Children