Shirley Dex is a Professor of Longitudinal Social Research at the Institute of Education, University of London.Heather Joshi, Director of the Millennium Cohort Study, is Professor of Economic Demography and head of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies , Institute of Education, University of London.Kirstine Hansen is the Research Director of the Millennium Cohort at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London.

• Introduction ~ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex; Child poverty in first five years of life ~ Jonathan Bradshaw and John Holmes; Ethnicity, community and social capital ~ Alice Sullivan; Parental relationships and parenting ~ Elizabeth M. Jones; Partnership trajectories, parent and child well being ~ Kathleen E. Kiernan and Fiona K. Mensah; Employment trajectories and ethnic diversity ~ Shirley Dex and Kelly Ward; Neighbourhoods and residential mobility ~ Sosthenes C. Ketende, John W. McDonald and Heather Joshi; Childcare in the pre-school years ~ Fiona Roberts, Sandra Mathers, Heather Joshi, Kathy Sylva and Elizabeth Jones; Changes in inequality and intergenerational mobility in early years assessments ~ Jo Blanden and Stephen Machin; Ethnic inequalities in child outcomes ~ Lorraine Dearden and Luke Sibieta; School Choice ~ Kirstine Hansen and Anna Vignoles; Teacher assessments in the first year of school ~ Kirstine Hansen; Childhood overweight and obesity ~ Lucy Jane Griffiths, Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Tim Cole, Catherine Law and Carol Dezateux; Risk and resilience in childhood ~ Ingrid Schoon, Helen Cheng, and Elizabeth E. Jones; Parental and child health ~ Yvonne Kelly and Mel Bartley; Conclusions ~ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex.

"Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, the book takes an extended look at the children's lives and development as they begin formal statutory education, as well as service planning in early years, health and social services... Throughout, the book acknowledges that many initiatives designed to support children and families are, at best, in their own infancies; it is still too early to gauge their impact on the millennium children." Children & Young People Now

Shirley Dex is a Professor of Longitudinal Social Research at the Institute of Education, University of London.Heather Joshi, Director of the Millennium Cohort Study, is Professor of Economic Demography and head of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies , Institute of Education, University of London.Kirstine Hansen is the Research Director of the Millennium Cohort at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London.

• Introduction ~ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex; Child poverty in first five years of life ~ Jonathan Bradshaw and John Holmes; Ethnicity, community and social capital ~ Alice Sullivan; Parental relationships and parenting ~ Elizabeth M. Jones; Partnership trajectories, parent and child well being ~ Kathleen E. Kiernan and Fiona K. Mensah; Employment trajectories and ethnic diversity ~ Shirley Dex and Kelly Ward; Neighbourhoods and residential mobility ~ Sosthenes C. Ketende, John W. McDonald and Heather Joshi; Childcare in the pre-school years ~ Fiona Roberts, Sandra Mathers, Heather Joshi, Kathy Sylva and Elizabeth Jones; Changes in inequality and intergenerational mobility in early years assessments ~ Jo Blanden and Stephen Machin; Ethnic inequalities in child outcomes ~ Lorraine Dearden and Luke Sibieta; School Choice ~ Kirstine Hansen and Anna Vignoles; Teacher assessments in the first year of school ~ Kirstine Hansen; Childhood overweight and obesity ~ Lucy Jane Griffiths, Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Tim Cole, Catherine Law and Carol Dezateux; Risk and resilience in childhood ~ Ingrid Schoon, Helen Cheng, and Elizabeth E. Jones; Parental and child health ~ Yvonne Kelly and Mel Bartley; Conclusions ~ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex.

"Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, the book takes an extended look at the children's lives and development as they begin formal statutory education, as well as service planning in early years, health and social services... Throughout, the book acknowledges that many initiatives designed to support children and families are, at best, in their own infancies; it is still too early to gauge their impact on the millennium children." Children & Young People Now

Shirley Dex is a Professor of Longitudinal Social Research at the Institute of Education, University of London.Heather Joshi, Director of the Millennium Cohort Study, is Professor of Economic Demography and head of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies , Institute of Education, University of London.Kirstine Hansen is the Research Director of the Millennium Cohort at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London.

• Introduction ~ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex; Child poverty in first five years of life ~ Jonathan Bradshaw and John Holmes; Ethnicity, community and social capital ~ Alice Sullivan; Parental relationships and parenting ~ Elizabeth M. Jones; Partnership trajectories, parent and child well being ~ Kathleen E. Kiernan and Fiona K. Mensah; Employment trajectories and ethnic diversity ~ Shirley Dex and Kelly Ward; Neighbourhoods and residential mobility ~ Sosthenes C. Ketende, John W. McDonald and Heather Joshi; Childcare in the pre-school years ~ Fiona Roberts, Sandra Mathers, Heather Joshi, Kathy Sylva and Elizabeth Jones; Changes in inequality and intergenerational mobility in early years assessments ~ Jo Blanden and Stephen Machin; Ethnic inequalities in child outcomes ~ Lorraine Dearden and Luke Sibieta; School Choice ~ Kirstine Hansen and Anna Vignoles; Teacher assessments in the first year of school ~ Kirstine Hansen; Childhood overweight and obesity ~ Lucy Jane Griffiths, Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Tim Cole, Catherine Law and Carol Dezateux; Risk and resilience in childhood ~ Ingrid Schoon, Helen Cheng, and Elizabeth E. Jones; Parental and child health ~ Yvonne Kelly and Mel Bartley; Conclusions ~ Heather Joshi, Kirstine Hansen and Shirley Dex.

"Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, the book takes an extended look at the children's lives and development as they begin formal statutory education, as well as service planning in early years, health and social services... Throughout, the book acknowledges that many initiatives designed to support children and families are, at best, in their own infancies; it is still too early to gauge their impact on the millennium children." Children & Young People Now