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Cohort ’98
Who are they? Cohort 98 are adults who were born, mostly, in 1998 and were enrolled in the study when they were 9 years old in 2007. All the members of Cohort 98 were living in the Republic of Ireland when they were invited to take part. Interviews subsequently took place when they were aged 13…
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Cohort ’08
Who are they? Cohort 08 are young people who were born, mostly, in 2008 and were enrolled in the study when they were 9 months old. All the children were living in the Republic of Ireland when they were invited to take part. Interviews have taken place when they were aged 3 years, 5 years, 9 yea…
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LGBT+ Self-Identification Among Youth in Ireland Aged 17-18 Years: A Research Brief
In 2016, for the first time, a nationally representative survey of 6216 respondents, Growing Up in Ireland (GUI), included measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) among young people. Irish LGBTI+ youth and inclusion strategies identified collection of SOGI data as a policy objec…
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The role of family, school and neighbourhood in explaining inequalities in physical activity trajectories between age 9 and 18
Differentials in physical activity (PA) between social and economic groups has been shown to contribute significantly to social gradients in health and life expectancy, yet relatively little is known about why differentials in PA emerge. This paper uses longitudinal data on a nationally representati…
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What Protected the Wellbeing of Mothers during the Pandemic?
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic wrought acute harm to mental wellbeing across the globe; not least through its impact on morbidity and mortality, but also from health anxieties, lockdowns and their economic fallout, the closure of key services, as well as the disruption of social networks. Howeve…
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Parental influences on excessive Internet use among adolescents
Purpose: Using longitudinal data, this study aims to provide a greater understanding as to how parenting factors, including the employment of various disciplinary techniques, during a young person’s early adolescence may contribute to excessive Internet use (EIU) in later adolescence. Design/methodo…
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Protocol for developing a dashboard for interactive cohort analysis of oral health-related data
Introduction: A working knowledge of data analytics is becoming increasingly important in the digital health era. Interactive dashboards are a useful, accessible format for presenting and disseminating health-related information to a wide audience. However, many oral health researchers receive minim…
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LGBT+ Youth Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions in the Growing Up in Ireland Survey: A Qualitative Study
The increasing importance of identifying lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) populations is a key driver in changes to demographic data collection in representative surveys of youth. While such population-based data are rare, Growing Up in Ireland (GUI), an Irish, government-funded, longi…
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A Study on the Prevalence of Special Educational Needs
The increasing emphasis on inclusive education internationally has broadened the definition of special educational needs (SEN) and greatly affected national prevalence estimates. In line with these international trends, in Ireland the EPSEN Act (2004) defines SEN as any “restriction in the capacity…