Millennium Cohort Study: initial findings from the Age 11 survey

Abstract

The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is a multi-disciplinary research project following the lives of around 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000-01. This report presents initial findings from the fifth survey wave, with the children now 11 years old. Topics include: friends, independent journeys and use of transport, mobile phones and screen time, home rules and discipline, risky behaviours, bullying, family structure over time, siblings and non-resident parents, family change and children's behaviour problems, breakfast and after-school clubs, homework, school choice, language and vocabulary development, physical development and wellbeing, weight, puberty, and material deprivation and wellbeing. Comparisons are included with findings from earlier waves, when the children are aged 9 months and onwards. Age 11 is a pivotal moment in children's lives, and includes the end of primary school, the cusp of adolescence, and moves towards greater independence