Country: Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales)

Study Design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time

Participant age range:​ Infants at enrollment

Number of participants at baseline: 17,000

Year of initial enrollment: 1970

Number of data collection waves: 9

Measures of well-being:

• Positive psychological well-being (overall / multidimensional)

• Flourishing

• Positive affect

• Purpose / meaning in life / ikigai

• Life satisfaction

• Social support / integration / cohesion

• Prosocial behavior and attitudes

• Healthy family functioning

Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times of well-being was assessed:  High

Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): High

Measures of physical health: ​

• Self-rated / questionnaire-based health

• Self-report medical history or medication use

• Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight

• Biomarkers

Access information:

This dataset is available to all researchers.

Researchers are not required to submit an application to access this data. There are no fees required to access this dataset.

Notable Citation: Elliott J & Shepherd P. (2006). Cohort profile: 1970 British birth cohort (BCS70). International journal of epidemiology, 35(4), 836-843.