Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study
Lifeways is a unique cohort study, designed to capture Irish longitudinal life-course data, by recruiting three generations of the same family. Participants, who are essentially well at baseline, are followed up over time. As outcomes or diseases slowly develop, baseline data are then analysed to identify lifestyle, socio-economic and health service factors, which are associated with these outcomes.
**Purpose:** The Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study was established to assess the influence of socio-economic, lifestyle, cross-generational and health service factors associated with health and development, and contains data on mothers, fathers, children, and grandparents.
**Coverage:** As of Mar 2022 1,133 families have been involved, recruited from the Dublin and Galway City catchment areas. Study data is available on 1,133 mothers, 1,114 children, 505 fathers and 1,604 grandparents. Data collection commenced in 2001 with gone through multiple rounds of collection and is currentl
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- UCD School of Public Health
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- Creative Commons Attribution
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/RESTRICTED |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/QUARTERLY |
| Id | 58299188-162a-43ef-9361-6d798500b83c |
| Identifier | NDC-0078 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 2001-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| Max Typical Age | 65 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:17:31.442523 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:17:31.442526 |
| Min Typical Age | 0 |
| Modified | 2025-08-22 |
| Name | lifeways-cross-generation-cohort-study-78 |
| Notes | Lifeways is a unique cohort study, designed to capture Irish longitudinal life-course data, by recruiting three generations of the same family. Participants, who are essentially well at baseline, are followed up over time. As outcomes or diseases slowly develop, baseline data are then analysed to identify lifestyle, socio-economic and health service factors, which are associated with these outcomes. **Purpose:** The Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study was established to assess the influence of socio-economic, lifestyle, cross-generational and health service factors associated with health and development, and contains data on mothers, fathers, children, and grandparents. **Coverage:** As of Mar 2022 1,133 families have been involved, recruited from the Dublin and Galway City catchment areas. Study data is available on 1,133 mothers, 1,114 children, 505 fathers and 1,604 grandparents. Data collection commenced in 2001 with gone through multiple rounds of collection and is currentl |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 5 |
| Number Of Records | 1235577 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 497616 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | Data is collected from a variety of sources including questionnaires, electronic ante-natal and birth records; immunisation records from HSE; child and adult health records; GP note searches; analysis of clinical samples. Follow-up rounds of data collection are performed at key developmental points: during pregnancy, Child aged 0, aged 3/year 4, aged 5/year 6, aged 9/10, with a year 20-21 follow-up planned. A scientific newsletter was sent to 777 families in January 2022. |
| Title | Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study |
| Type | dataset |
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