At each survey, we’ll ask you about things that are relevant to your lives. When you were younger, we asked you about school, friends, family life and your hopes for the future. Now you are older, we’ll ask you about things like work and plans for retirement, health, and your caring responsibilities. We’ll write to […]

We’re interested in following your life story. We want to see how your life changes over time, and what your life is like at certain ages. In the past there were some long gaps between surveys, but the funding of NCDS is now more secure and since you were 42 we have carried out surveys […]

We’re interested in following your life story. We want to see how your life changes over time, and what your life is like at certain ages. We choose key points in your life to visit you, which are interesting and important for particular reasons. NCDS is like a photo album not only of your life, […]

We hope that the study will continue throughout your life. A similar study, which started in 1946 is still continuing today.   The next survey will take place in your early 60s (61-63). After that, it is currently planned that surveys will take place every five years.

We really hope that you continue to take part. However, the study is voluntary so if you no longer want to take part in the next survey or in any future surveys, please contact us to let us know. If you are not sure whether you’d like to continue to take part or if you […]

Yes! We’d like everyone to take part each time we visit. But it’s up to you to decide whether or not to take part each time. If you miss a survey, you can still remain in the study and do the next survey. Even if you haven’t taken part for a while, we would love […]

If you move or if your contact details change, please let us know as soon as you can. This means we can make sure you get information about the study and that we can contact you to invite you to take part in each survey. During each survey, we will ask you for information about […]

It’s fine to tell family and friends that you are part of the study. We do advise you not to make this detail public though, for example on social media, as this could risk compromising your anonymity.