LPS characteristics and study focus

Last modified: 16 Oct 2026

Explore the characteristics and original focus of each partner Longitudinal Population Study (LPS).

Table 1 summarises some of the key features of UK LLC’s partner Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS). It is intended as a starting point for researchers who may be unfamiliar with some of the LPS. More information about each LPS is available in the LPS in the UK LLC partnership guide and on each LPS’ own website.

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	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
CaPS	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
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.