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  • Official Publications from Cohort ’24

    RESEARCH REPORTS Research Needs Report for Cohort 24 at 3 years Report on a consultation with young children Appendix 1 to the publication: Research Needs Report for Cohort 24 at 3 years PILOT REPORTS Report on the Pilot for Cohort ’24 at Wave 1 (9mths)

  • Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2023

    Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2023 The Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) annual research conference took place yesterday (November 8th, 2023) at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin. The event was attended by over 200 delegates from a wide range of research, practice and policy backgrounds, all focused on the improvement of the lives and…

  • Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2024

    (L to R) Ciara Pidgeon (DCEDIY), Laura McGarrigle (DCEDIY), Bertrand MaÎtre (ESRI ), Michelle Kelly-Irving (University of Toulouse), Noah Crawley (Meath Comhairle na nÓg), Rachel Kenny (Offaly Comhairle na nÓg), Adam Foley (Fingal Comhairle na nÓg) The 16th Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference took place in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin on Wednesday, 9th…

  • Growing Up in Ireland – the national longitudinal study of children and young people

    Telling the stories of three generations Growing Up in Ireland is the national longitudinal study of children and young people, a joint project of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Since 2006, the study has provided Government with an evidence base to make informed policy decisions on…

  • Cohort ’24

    Who are they? Cohort 24 are children who were born in 2024 when they were 9 months old. All the children were living in the Republic of Ireland when they were invited to take part. In the first wave of the study, their parents/guardians took part in a survey. The infant had their weight and…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Revised contact arrangements

    While the Growing Up in Ireland team work remotely during COVID-19, please contact us by email only using Growing.Up@esri.ie. Thank you.

  • Launch 2024

  • 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/methodology/approach: Employing “Problem Behaviour” theory (PBT) as a guiding framework, this study uses data from…

  • 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 minimal data visualisation and programming skills. Objectives: The objective of this protocols paper is to demonstrate…

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