Researchers exploring what retirement is looking like for your generation have found that a third fewer of you were in the labour market at age 62 than at age 55.

More than 50 years ago, we asked you to write an essay imagining your life at age 25. Decades on, researchers are making fascinating and important discoveries from the content of these.

The age at which people start smoking can affect when they manage to give up.

A new study using NCDS data has revealed how childhood mental health and physical health in midlife are closely intertwined.

Researchers have found that people who had experienced poor mental health in their 20s were less likely to exercise regularly later on in life.

New research based on NCDS, and five other national and regional studies, has highlighted the emotional toll of long Covid.

Evidence from NCDS has helped to show just how hard it has become for younger generations to get on the housing ladder, especially for those raised in families that did not own their homes.

Taller people often do better in cognitive tests, leading scientists to believe the same genes determine both height and brain function.

Members of your generation struggled to develop long-term exercise habits if they spent their early adulthood living near industrial areas and in places dominated by social housing, compared to their peers living in suburbs, rural areas or by the seaside.

Family background matters more than being an only child when it comes to children’s development, according to evidence from NCDS and three other cohort studies.