Forty years on: professor Neville Butler and the British Birth Cohort studies.
This paper traces the major contribution made by Professor Neville Butler, over a period of 40 years, to the foundation and subsequent development of two of Britain's three national birth cohort studies: the National Child Development Study, which has monitored the lives of all those in Britain born in the week 3-9 March 1958, and the British Cohort Study 1970, which has similarly followed the development of those born in the week 5-11 April 1970. Some recent findings from the two studies in the areas of health and health behaviour are briefly summarised, as are the plans for their future development.
Social Statistics Research Unit, City University, London, UK.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health; D012907:Smoking; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology