Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) is the national longitudinal study of children and young people.
This important survey gathers data on the issues facing children and young people today.
Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) is an important survey that follows the lives of thousands of children and young people born in Ireland. GUI Cohort ’08 have participated in the survey since they were nine months old.
The world has changed a lot since the last GUI ’08 survey in 2021/2022. Now that this group are approaching adulthood, we want to find out how teenagers and young adults have been affected by these changes.
The vital data collected in the last survey provided real insights into the lives of teenagers in Ireland. It helped us to know what things were important to teenagers and what things they wanted to change.
With so much happening in the world around us, it is important that the voices of teenagers and young adults are heard. This survey is an opportunity to hear such voices.
GUI has given researchers and policymakers unique insights into the lives of children and young people at particular stages of their life: their achievements, their challenges, and how they have experienced life’s milestones.
The most recent full survey was carried out on this group when they were 13 years old in 2021/2022. There was also a special online survey carried out in 2020 to trace their experiences during the during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The next stage of GUI ’08 gives us an opportunity to follow up on the lives and issues faced by people aged 17 or 18 in Ireland today. This will help local, national and European policy makers formulate decisions about services for young people and their families.
This Autumn 2024, we are following up with participants as young adults to learn about their life and what matters to them now. This stage of the survey is a pilot to help us understand what kinds of questions should be asked to give the best possible information.
If you have received a letter to participate, we want to hear about the next chapter of your story. Your voice matters and we would be grateful if you can take the time to do this survey.
Under the Statistics Act, 1993, all information given to the Central Statistics Office under the Growing Up in Ireland survey is guaranteed confidential and secure and will never be used to identify any person or their household in any way. See Transparency Notice.
To find out more:
Tel: 021 453 5110
Email: CSOTakePart@cso.ie
Learn about our data and confidentiality safeguards, and the steps we take to produce statistics that can be trusted by all.