Data acquired for the UK Data Service collection undergo rigorous and comprehensive curation prior to publishing and release. This ensures that data, documentation and metadata are processed and published to the highest standard possible, both for ease of use in secondary analysis and for archival preservation.
The curation procedures carried out depend on the individual nature of each dataset and document, but as a general guide the following tasks are always undertaken:The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Personal/genealogical use of these data is not permitted.
Additional conditions of use apply:
I agree not to use nor attempt to use the Data Collections to identify the individuals from which the study sample was selected, nor to claim to have done so; and
I agree not to link between the research identifiers supplied by the UK Data Service [NCDSID] and any other identifiers previously issued.
Where I have obtained an earlier version of the National Child Development Study data, I agree not to undertake any analysis using any of the variables contained in the following data files:
Description of variable |
Variable name | Data file |
LEA code no | N4 | rec2 |
1969 Local Authority code number | N1101 | rec1 |
1969 Local Authority - Medical Examination |
N1461 | rec1 |
1969 Local Authority code number | N801 | rec1 |
Local Authority - Parental Questionnaire | N2349 | rec1 |
Local Authority - Medical Examination | N1879 | rec1 |
Local Authority - Audiogram | N2048 | rec1 |
Local Authority - Schools Questionnaire |
N2092 | rec1 |
Local Authority & voluntary schools | N2102 | rec1 |
Local Authority - School Questionnaire | N2268 | rec1 |
Local Authority - Individual |
N2702 | rec1 |
Local Authority - Test Booklet |
N2918 | rec1 |
NCDS4 1971 Census Small Area Statistics |
All variables | caci71a |
NCDS4 1981 Census Small Area Statistics |
All variables | county81 |
NCDS4 1981 Census Small Area Statistics |
All variables | dist81 |
NCDS4 1981 Census Small Area Statistics |
All variables | pc81ward |
NCDS4 1981 Census Small Area Statistics |
All variables | ward81 |