Michael Wadsworth directed the first birth cohort study until 2006, reconfiguring it as a study of physical and mental change with age, adding a study of the following generation, and the collection of DNA, and writing a history of its findings during the first thirty-six years in their historical and social context in The Imprint of Time.John Bynner directed the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the 1958 and 1970 cohort studies within a comparative life course study framework until 2003. He also directed the Wider Benefits of Learning Research Centre and the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy.

• 1. Introduction 2. Politics, Citizenship and Social Capital 3. Family Structure, Family Policy and Practice 4. Education Policy and Practice 5. Economic Policy and Practice 6. Labour Market, Employment and Skills 7. Health Policy and Practice 8. Leisure, Stability and Change 9. Changing Britain, Changing Generations Appendix 1: Key Elements of the Five Large-scale British Birth Cohort Studies Appendix 2: Timeline of Salient Events, Acts of Parliament and Relevant Public Inquiries

'...the book functions...as a useful and practical starting point for those intending to use the cohort studies for research.''...extremely helpful to those embarking on their own studies, giving an immediate and comprehensive source of additional background reading...''Alternatively, for those simply in search of an interesting summary of social, political and religious shifts over than past half century, this book is a highly enjoyable read.'-Claire Packham in Significance

Michael Wadsworth directed the first birth cohort study until 2006, reconfiguring it as a study of physical and mental change with age, adding a study of the following generation, and the collection of DNA, and writing a history of its findings during the first thirty-six years in their historical and social context in The Imprint of Time.John Bynner directed the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the 1958 and 1970 cohort studies within a comparative life course study framework until 2003. He also directed the Wider Benefits of Learning Research Centre and the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy.

• 1. Introduction 2. Politics, Citizenship and Social Capital 3. Family Structure, Family Policy and Practice 4. Education Policy and Practice 5. Economic Policy and Practice 6. Labour Market, Employment and Skills 7. Health Policy and Practice 8. Leisure, Stability and Change 9. Changing Britain, Changing Generations Appendix 1: Key Elements of the Five Large-scale British Birth Cohort Studies Appendix 2: Timeline of Salient Events, Acts of Parliament and Relevant Public Inquiries

'...the book functions...as a useful and practical starting point for those intending to use the cohort studies for research.''...extremely helpful to those embarking on their own studies, giving an immediate and comprehensive source of additional background reading...''Alternatively, for those simply in search of an interesting summary of social, political and religious shifts over than past half century, this book is a highly enjoyable read.'-Claire Packham in Significance

Michael Wadsworth directed the first birth cohort study until 2006, reconfiguring it as a study of physical and mental change with age, adding a study of the following generation, and the collection of DNA, and writing a history of its findings during the first thirty-six years in their historical and social context in The Imprint of Time.John Bynner directed the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the 1958 and 1970 cohort studies within a comparative life course study framework until 2003. He also directed the Wider Benefits of Learning Research Centre and the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy.

• 1. Introduction 2. Politics, Citizenship and Social Capital 3. Family Structure, Family Policy and Practice 4. Education Policy and Practice 5. Economic Policy and Practice 6. Labour Market, Employment and Skills 7. Health Policy and Practice 8. Leisure, Stability and Change 9. Changing Britain, Changing Generations Appendix 1: Key Elements of the Five Large-scale British Birth Cohort Studies Appendix 2: Timeline of Salient Events, Acts of Parliament and Relevant Public Inquiries

'...the book functions...as a useful and practical starting point for those intending to use the cohort studies for research.''...extremely helpful to those embarking on their own studies, giving an immediate and comprehensive source of additional background reading...''Alternatively, for those simply in search of an interesting summary of social, political and religious shifts over than past half century, this book is a highly enjoyable read.'-Claire Packham in Significance