LPS characteristics and study focus

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LPS characteristics and study focus#

Last modified: 10 Feb 2026

A summary of LPS characteristics and the original focus of each study.

Table 1 summarises some of the key features of UK LLC’s longitudinal population study (LPS) partners. It is intended as a starting point for researchers who may be unfamiliar with some of the LPS. More information about the LPS in the UKLLC partnership is available elsewhere on Guidebook and on the LPS’ own websites.

Table 1: LPS characteristics and original study focus#

LPS	Single region	Age cohort	Children & parents	Common occupation	Ethnically diverse	Development & ageing	Health	Education, employment, & finances	Genetics
AIRWAVE	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
ALSPAC	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
BCS70	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
BIB	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
ELSA	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
EPIC-N	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
EXCEED	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
FENLAND	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
GENSCOT	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
GLAD	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
MCS	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗
NCDS58	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗
NEXTSTEP	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
NICOLA	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
NIHRBIO_ COPING	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
NSHD46	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗
SABRE	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗
TEDS	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓
TRACKC19	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
TWINS	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓
UKHLS	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
UKREACH¹	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗

¹ Data from UKREACH are not yet available in the TRE.