ALSPAC

Overview

Based at the University of Bristol, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as Children of the 90s, is a world-leading birth cohort study. Childhood abuse and maltreatment and intimate partner violence are measured across all waves of data collection. The new measure was added and validated recently: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/3/e025621

Sample Type

Birth cohort

Sample Description

https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/48/4/1038/5475780

Geographical Coverage

The sampling frame included all pregnant women resident in one of three health districts in Avon, UK due between 1 April 1991 and 31 December 1992.

Start-end date of series

1991-ongoing

Sample Size

The initial number of pregnancies enrolled was 14 541. When participating children were approximately age 7, eligible cases not in the study were contacted, increasing the sample to 15 427 pregnancies, with 14 775 live births.