Date Last Updated: 27-01-2025
Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) is the national longitudinal study of children and young people in Ireland. The study is a joint project by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). GUI has provided an important evidence base for policy and services for children across the public sector since its establishment.
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Cohort '98, Growing Up in Ireland
GUI is based on a fixed panel design. Cohort '98 follows children and their families who were recruited into the study at nine years of age. In the design the sampling frame was the register of primary schools in Ireland with a two-stage sampling design: a random sample of schools was selected from the frame, with a sample of nine-year old children then drawn from the selected schools.
State of Ireland
April 2023 – April 2024
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Variable related to - Health, Housing, Sociodemographics, Health Behaviours, Employment, Education
Government Departments, other non-governmental organisations, researcher centres and universities, media and general public.
Central Statistics Office
Social & Demographic Statistics
Daniel Watts
Statistician