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Data Documentation

Research Reports

Growing Up in Scotland: Year 3 - Food and Activity (2009)
Findings from Year 3 on diet, eating and physical activity levels of children aged just under 5

Growing Up in Scotland: Year 3 - Non-resident Parents (2009)
Findings from Year 3 on the nature and extent of non-resident fatherhood among families with young children

Growing Up in Scotland: Year 3 - Parenting and the Neighbourhood Context (2009)
Findings from Year 3 on families' experiences of living in Scotland's neighbourhoods

Growing Up in Scotland: Year 3 - Multiple Childcare Provision and its Effects on Child Outcomes (2009)
Findings from Year 3 on families' experiences of using childcare for children under the age of 5

Growing Up in Scotland: Year 3 - The Impact of Children's Early Activities on Cognitive Development (2009)
Findings from the first 3 years of GUS exploring children's cognitive ability

GUS Year 3 - one page (2 sides) summary

Growing Up in Scotland : Year 2 - Results from the second year of a study following the lives of Scotland's children
The report on Sweep 2 findings of the Growing Up in Scotland Study (2008)

Growing Up in Scotland: A Study Following the Lives of Scotland's children
The first research report on Sweep 1 findings of the Growing Up in Scotland study (2007)

Growing Up in Scotland Study : Exploring the Experience and Outcomes for Advantaged and Disadvantaged Families.

Growing Up in Scotland: Use of Informal Support by Families with Young Children.

Growing Up in Scotland: Growing Up in Rural Scotland.

Research Summaries

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings 1/2009
Non-resident Parents

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings 2/2009
Food and Activity

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings 3/2009
Parenting and the Neighbourhood Context

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings 4/2009
Multiple Childcare Provision and its Effects on Child Outcomes

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings 5/2009
The Impact of Children's Early Activities on Cognitive Development

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings 1/2008
Summary of findings from Year 2

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Topic Research Findings 2/2008
Experiences of pre-school education

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Topic Research Findings 3/2008
Issues of child health and development at ages 1-2 and 3-4 years

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Topic Research Findings 4/2008
Parenting styles and parental support

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings No1
Summary of findings from Year 1

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings No2
Use of childcare by parents of young children

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings No3
Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenting

GUS Growing Up in Scotland Research Findings No4
Sources of formal and informal support for parents of young children

Research Briefings

GUS Research Briefing 1 - Growing up in rural Scotland

GUS Research Briefing 2 - The use of informal support by families with young children

GUS Research Briefing 3 - Scotland’s families: advantage and disadvantage

CRFR Research Briefing 40 - Parenting practices and support in Scotland

CRFR Research Briefing 36 - Breastfeeding in Scotland: the impact of advice for mothers

Published articles

The relative importance of social class and maternal education
for breast-feeding initiation. Public Health Nutrition.

Juggling Work and Motherhood: The impact of employment and maternity leave on breastfeeding duration: A Survival Analysis on Growing Up in Scotland Data.
Maternal and Child Health Journal

Working Papers

Understanding the use of alcohol in pregnancy amongst women in Scotland

Using the findings from the Growing Up in Scotland Study - a guide for Local Authorities

Lone parent families with young children - findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study

Presentations

Paul Bradshaw presentation 'The Early Years Landscape in Scotland: findigns from the Growing Up in Scotland Study' Holyrood Early Years Conference March 2010