About Growing Up in Ireland

…’08 (formerly the Infant Cohort) Data collection for Cohort ’08 started in 2008 with over 11,000 9-month-olds and their families. Follow-up waves were completed when the child was aged 3…

…some policy-relevant topic, deal with the underlying theoretical considerations involved or combine these two approaches. Papers should be written in a manner that makes it accessible to non-specialists in the…

GUI ANNUAL CONFERENCE

…on Wednesday, 9th October 2024. The conference will showcase the latest research using the Growing Up in Ireland datasets. A call for abstracts will be announced in the coming weeks….

Bernadette Ryan

Bernadette Ryan joined the Growing Up in Ireland team as a Research Analyst in May 2019 having previously working in both the Social Research Division and the Survey Unit of…

Spotlight Topic – Weight Status and Wellbeing

…Ó. Donnchadha, S., Bramham, J., Greene, C. 2019 Impact of carers’ smoking status on childhood obesity in the Growing up in Ireland Cohort Study. Sunday, S. & Kabir, Z. Obesity,…

Spotlight Topic – Physical Activity and Screen Time

…Reasoning of 5-Year-Olds: Cross-Sectional Findings from a Large Birth Cohort Study. Egan, S. & Beatty, C. 2019 Working hard and playing hard: multiple group membership, exercise and cognitive performance in…

Spotlight Topic: School and Education

…teachers’ perceptions of boys’ and girls’ mathematics performance in Ireland. McCoy, S., Byrne, D. & O’Connor, P. 2019 Secondary school transition for students with special educational needs in Ireland. McCoy,…