At age 17, 9% of boys taking part in Child of the New Century (CNC) said they had carried or used a weapon, with one in four of them reporting they were gang members, according to UCL research.
One in 11 boys have carried or used a weapon at age 17
At age 17, 9% of boys taking part in Child of the New Century (CNC) said they had carried or used a weapon, with one in four of them reporting they were gang members, according to UCL research.
Professor Alissa Goodman, Director of the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), where CNC is based, has been awarded a CBE for her services to social science in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021.
Substance use and antisocial behaviour are more likely to go hand-in-hand with poor mental health for teens of your generation compared to millennial adolescents growing up a decade earlier, finds a new UCL study.
We are now inviting everyone who completed one or more of our three COVID-19 surveys to take part in a COVID-19 antibody test. This will help us build a clearer picture of who has had COVID-19 and learn more about why some people develop severe disease and others do not.
New research using CNC has found that children conceived through fertility treatments who are born small do just as well in cognitive assessments throughout childhood and adolescence as naturally conceived children who are born a normal weight.
Our research team have done some initial analysis of the information you shared with us at age 17. Their findings on mental health, obesity and risky activities, like drinking and drug taking, have all been covered in the national media in recent months.
Our first COVID-19 survey, in May 2020, included one open-ended question where you could express in your own words how the coronavirus outbreak was affecting you. Our researchers have done some initial analysis of your responses.
Academics at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) carried out research looking at how people’s living arrangements, their relationships with family members and romantic partners, and their access to social and emotional support had been affected by the first COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020.
We would like you to complete another short online questionnaire about what your life is like now – at the start of 2021. This latest questionnaire, like our previous ones, covers the impact of the pandemic on your work, your health, your family and your social life.
Our researchers have been looking at what your responses to our COVID-19 survey can tell us about people’s compliance with social distancing guidelines and about trust in government and in others during the first national COVID-19 lockdown.
We’re inviting study members to take part in a third survey about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The survey will open in early February.
