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