Growing Up in Ireland Data Workshops

Workshop Schedules

Virtual Data Workshop on the 14th Feb. 2022 from 10am to 12:00noon 

Data workshops are regularly hosted by the Growing Up in Ireland research team. Details of upcoming workshops will be posted on this website, as well as on our Instagram and Twitter accounts.

Workshops cover a broad range of topics and aim to promote and support the use of the GUI datasets from both the Child Cohort ’98 and the Infant Cohort ’08. Attendees will gain a comprehensive overview of the conduct of the study, the structure of the data, supporting documentation, as well as how to match the datasets across waves.

No prior familiarity with the Growing Up in Ireland data is assumed. The workshops take a general approach to the datasets. The study design, dataset structures and analytic techniques needed to make use of the data overlap across both cohorts so the workshops are informative for all GUI data users.

Workshop Presentations

If you have been unable to attend a workshop, you can download the materials – some with audio voice over – using the links below.

2020 Workshop on Both GUI Cohorts

Using Growing Up in Ireland data for research – presentation on Infant Cohort ’08 and Child Cohort ’98

Archived Workshop Material

  • Child Cohort

C1. Sample Design and Weighting – presentation or audio recording

C2. Respondents – presentation or audio recording

C3. Summary of Information Recorded – presentation

C4. Standard Measures and Derived Variables – presentation or audio recording

C5. Structure of the Data File – presentation or audio recording

  • Infant Cohort

**Updated 2016 – The Infant Cohort at 9 months, 3 years and 5 years** – presentation

Older files on individual topics in the Infant Cohort (slides updated 2013)

I1. Sample Design and Weighting – presentation or audio recording

I2. Respondents – presentation or audio recording

I3. Summary of Information Recorded – presentation

I4. Standard Measures and Derived Variables – presentation or audio recording

I5. Structure of the Data File – presentation or audio recording

General Background to the Study (slides updated 2013)

G1. Introduction and Background to the Study – presentation or audio recording

G2. Accessing the Data – presentation or audio recording

G3. Documentation – presentation or audio recording

G4. **Themes and Measures in GUI (updated 2016) – presentation

Workshop Information Sheets and Other Materials

Information Sheets and Worksheets that are used at the Data Workshop can also be downloaded along with a short video on how to use the weights

T01. GUI Data Workshop Information Sheet 1 – SPSS data management

T02. GUI Data Workshop Information Sheet 2 – SPSS Syntax

T03. GUI Data Workshop Information Sheet 3 – How to use the weights

T03. How to use the weights – demonstration video

T03a. GUI Data Workshop Information Sheet 3a – How to use the weights – 9 month example

T03b. GUI Data Workshop Information Sheet 3b – How to use the weights – 9 year example

T04. GUI Data Workshop Information Sheet 4 – How to match 9 month and 3 year file

T04b. GUI Data Workshop Information Sheet 4b – How to match 9 year and 13 year file

T04c. Information Sheet 4c – How to match files – Infant Cohort – Wave 1 (at 9 months), Wave 2 (at 3 years) and Wave 2 (at 5 years)

W01a. GUI Data Workshop Worksheet 1_9 month

W01b. GUI Data Workshop Worksheet 1_9 year

W02a. GUI Data Workshop Worksheet 2_9 month

W02b. GUI Data Workshop Worksheet 2_9 year

W03. Examples of Research – Child Cohort at 9 years

W03a. GUI Data Workshop Worksheet 3a_9 month and 3 year_Health

W03b. GUI Data Workshop Worksheet 3b_9 month and 3 year_Lone parent

W04b. Worksheet 4a-c – Family Structure – Child Cohort – Wave 1 (at 9 years), Wave 2 (at 13 years) and Wave 3 (at 17/18 years)

W04a. Worksheet 4a – Family Structure – Infant Cohort – Wave 1 (at 9 months), Wave 2 (at 3 years) and Wave 3 (at 5 years)