UK Data Service variable record for:
Variable | weight1 |
Label | MCS Weight for use on single country analyses |
Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. |
Location | Millennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008 |
Universe | The sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National |
Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample |
Study Type | Longitudinal/panel/cohort; Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years). |