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GROWING UP IN IRELAND. KEY FINDINGS: COHORT ’08 AT 9 YEARS OLD. NO. 1 9-YEAR-OLDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. Cohort '08 November 2018
This series of Key Findings draws on information provided by the
Cohort ‘08 9-year-old and his or her Primary Caregiver (usually the
mother, and henceforth in this report referred to as the mother). The
series is based on the 7,563 9-year-olds whose families participated
in the study at ages 9 months, 3 years, 5 years and 9 years old.
This Key Findings report is the first in a series on the lives of
these children at 9 years of age. It focuses on the lives and
circumstances of these 9-year-olds in post-recession Ireland,
the financial situation of their families and changes in family
structure over time. It also looks at the relationship with
grandparents, out-of-school care for the children and the
contribution the children make to family chores
GROWING UP IN IRELAND KEY FINDINGS: COHORT ’98 AT 20 YEARS OLD IN 2018/19 NO. 2 PHYSICAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
This Key Findings report presents summary information
on the lives and circumstances of the 20-year-olds from
the fourth wave of interviews with Growing Up in Ireland’s
older Cohort ’98 between August 2018 and June 2019.
It provides the most recent data on key indicators of
physical health such as self-reported health, chronic
conditions and weight status. It also explores important
health-related behaviours such as drinking, smoking
and substance use, physical activity, and sleep. Topics
relating to mental health and well-being are covered in
Key Finding 3
GROWING UP IN IRELAND. KEY FINDINGS: INFANT COHORT AT 7/8 YEARS. NO. 3 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RELATIONSHIPS AND PLAY
This is the third in a series of Key Findings from the fourth wave
of data collection from the Infant Cohort in Growing Up in
Ireland.
The families of just over 11,100 infants were first interviewed
between September 2008 and March 2009, when the child at the
centre of the study was 9 months old. They were re-interviewed
when the child was 3 years old and again at 5 years of age.
In 2016, a fourth wave of data was collected from the child’s
primary caregiver (mainly their mother1), through a postal survey
when the child was 7/8 years old.
This Key Finding focuses on reports of children’s socio-emotional
development and their behaviour, social skills, family relationships
and play activities. Children’s progress in developing social and
emotional skills is important for coping with relationships at
school and at home, as well as being an important part of their
overall well-being
GROWING UP IN IRELAND. KEY FINDINGS: INFANT COHORT AT 7/8 YEARS. NO. 1 SCHOOL AND LEARNING
This is the first in a series of Key Findings from the fourth wave of
data collection from the Infant Cohort in Growing Up in Ireland.
The families of just over 11,100 infants were first interviewed
between September 2008 and March 2009, when the child at the
centre of the study was 9 months old. They were re-interviewed
when the child was 3 years old and again at 5 years of age.
In 2016, a fourth wave of data was collected from the child’s
primary caregiver (mainly their mother1) through a postal survey
when the child was 7/8 years old.
This Key Finding focuses on mothers’ reports of how their
children were doing in terms of their schooling and learning.
Children’s early experiences of the classroom, their transition to
formal school and their acquisition of key skills such as literacy
and numeracy typically have a lasting effect on their short- and
long-term educational development.
At the time of the postal survey 36% of the children in the study
were 7 years old and the rest were 8 years old. At this stage,
most of them had been in Primary School for 2-3 years. Overall,
69% started school in 2012 (mostly in September), the remainder
in 2013. Just over 1% of the children were in Junior or Senior
Infants, 32% were in First Class and 66% in Second Class. Just less
than 1% were in third class, home-schooled or at a special school
GROWING UP IN IRELAND. KEY FINDINGS: COHORT ’08 AT 9 YEARS OLD. NO. 2 SCHOOL AND LEARNING. Cohort '08 November 2018
This series of Key Findings draws on information provided
by the Cohort ‘08 9-year-old and his or her Primary Caregiver
(usually the mother, and henceforth in this report referred to as
the mother). The series is based on the 7,563 9-year-olds whose
families participated in the study at ages 9 months, 3 years, 5
years and 9 years old.
This Key Findings report is the second in a series from this latest
round of data collection from Cohort ’08 at 9 years of age. It looks
at children’s attitudes to school and specific school subjects
and relates these to their family context and to their skills and
dispositions at the age of 5. At the time of the survey, almost all
children were in school. Of these, 9% were in second class, 66%
were in third class and 24% were in fourth class.1 Out-of-school
learning is also examined and mothers’ reports of their support
for, and involvement in, their child’s education are discussed
GROWING UP IN IRELAND. KEY FINDINGS: COHORT ’08 AT 9 YEARS OLD. NO. 3 HEALTH AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. Cohort '08 November 2018
This series of Key Findings draws on information provided by the
Cohort ‘08 9-year-old and his or her Primary Caregiver (usually the
mother, and henceforth in this report referred to as the mother). The
series is based on the 7,563 9-year-olds whose families participated
in the study at ages 9 months, 3 years, 5 years and 9 years old.
This Key Findings report is the third in the series from the latest
round of data collection from Cohort ’08 and is the first report
on the health and physical development of these children. It
covers key health indicators as reported by the mother, such as
general health, longstanding conditions and diet. It examines
the children’s own reports of their physical activity as well as
their measured weight status. In addition, it looks at how the
health of the 9-year-olds varies by family circumstances and by
the children’s health status at ages 3 and 5
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