MRC National Survey of Health and Development
Also known as National Survey of Health and Development · NSHD
The MRC National Survey of Health and Development 1946 (NSHD) was the first ever British birth cohort study. It has collected information from birth to the current day on the health and life circumstances of five and a half thousand men and women born during a week in March 1946 throughout England, Wales, and Scotland. The study explores differences in child development by factors like social class, biological factors, health and education. Due to the length of the study it has developed into a study of ageing.
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About this database
| Website | https://nshd.mrc.ac.uk/ |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Life Sciences · Social and Behavioural Sciences · Medicine · Education Sciences · Social Sciences · Medicine · Research on Socialization and Educational Institutions and Professions · Empirical Social Research · Public Health, Health Services Research, Social Medicine |
| Last updated | 2026-09-12 |