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Date Last Updated: 27-01-2025

Survey Name:

Growing Up in Ireland

Survey purpose:

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.

Legislative Basis National:

Not applicable

Legislative Basis European:

Not applicable

Periodicity:

Ad hoc

Statistical Population:

Cohort '98, Growing Up in Ireland

Sampling Frame:

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.

Reference Area:

State of Ireland

Time Coverage:

April 2023 – April 2024

Base Period:

Not applicable

Sector Coverage:

Not applicable

Survey Size:

3,380

Principal Variables:

Variable related to - Health, Housing, Sociodemographics, Health Behaviours, Employment, Education

Principal External Users:

Government Departments, other non-governmental organisations, researcher centres and universities, media and general public.

Contact Organisation:

Central Statistics Office

Business Area:

Social & Demographic Statistics

Contact Person:

Daniel Watts

Contact Person Function:

Statistician

Other Business Area Specialists:

Contact email:

daniel.watts@cso.ie

Contact phone number:

(+353) 1 498 4000