EUCCONET Workshop
Surveying Children in Longitudinal Studies
On Friday 5th and 6th May 2011, Growing Up in Ireland co-hosted a workshop on Surveying Children in Longitudinal Studies. This invited international workshop was organised by Growing Up in Ireland and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute of Education in London as part of the European Child Cohort Network (EUCCONET).
The workshop focused on issues related to different approaches to and best practice in surveying children aged 9-15 years. These included modes of data collection as well as and ethical and practical issues of recruiting and retaining children into longitudinal studies.
The workshop brought together those running longitudinal studies around the world in order to share experiences and best practice in relation to these issues.
Click here to see a copy of the workshop programme and abstracts
Below is a list of the presenters and a link to their presentations
The State of Fragile Families in the States: Retaining and Interviewing Children in a US Birth Cohort Study
Kate Jaeger, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, US
Children and longitudinal studies. Experiences from the Generation R Study
Rob Taal, Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands
Growing Up in Ireland - the work of the Children's Advisory Forum and the Qualitative Component
Prof. Sheila Greene, Growing Up in Ireland
Millennium Cohort Study - The design and approach to interviewing children in the Age 11 survey
Kate Smith, Institute of Education, UK
ALSPAC: The story so far
Larissa Duffy and Kate Angel, University of Bristol, UK
The 11-year follow-up in the Danish National Birth Cohort
Inger Kristine Meder and Pernille Stemann Larsen, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark
Keynote Address: Ethical decision-making across the research process? Participation, protection and other issues
Janet Boddy, Institute of Education, UK
Growing Up in Ireland - recruiting, retaining and interviewing nine-year-olds in Ireland's child cohort study
Prof James Williams, Growing Up in Ireland
The German National Educational Panel Study: Need, main features, research potential
Jutta Von Maurice, University of Banberg, Germany
Qualitative Research to inform the collection of sensitive data among 11-year-olds on the fifth wave of the Millennium Cohort Study
Angela Thompson and Emma Wallace, Ipsos MORI, UK
Merging ethical concerns and innovative research practice
Anne Cleary, University College Dublin
LSYPE - An Education Journey
Nick Howat, Carrie Harding (TNS-BMRB) and Helel Wood, Department of Education, UK