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| Description | Minutes and papers from National Child Development Study (NCDS) Advisory Group meetings, and accompanying correspondence. In 1972 this group was called the Planning Group then changed name to the Advisory Group. The group was formed to discuss the possibility of a third sweep of NCDS and contains correspondence, minutes and reports suggesting topics for the questionnaires then, once the follow-up started it discussed fieldwork progress and analysis of data. This includes:
Attitudes of children
Medical examination
Parental interview
Costs and budget
Suggested topics from Government departments and the views of Government departments on draft questionnaires
Tracing and response rates
Priorities for analysis of third follow-up data
Progress reports
Dates of meetings:
Planning Group meeting, 31/7/1972
Planning Group meeting, 11/9/1972
Planning Group meeting, 10/10/1972
8/5/1973 (all meetings are Advisory Group meetings from here on)
5/2/1974
8/5/1975
23/7/1975
Correspondence (1972 - ) regarding plans for the third NCDS follow-up. This covers:
Correspondence between, Ken Fogelman, Wing Commander Firth and Ministry of Defence re possible inclusion of children in Ministry of Defence Schools overseas in the NCDS 15 years follow up.
Correspondence between Ronald Davie (Deputy Director of the National Children's Bureau) and health officials regarding the health variables and questions to be included in the third NCDS follow-up
Arrangements for planning group meetings
Department of Employment, Department of the Environment representatives at meetings
Notice of formal Government support for the third phase of NCDS
'Development correlates of family size', draft report, 1973
'Provisional priorities among NCDS analyses', report, June 1975 and final report, October 1975 |