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The narrative potential of the British Birth Cohort Studies

Institute of Education, UK, J.Elliott{at}ioe.ac.uk

This paper draws attention to the narrative potential of longitudinal studies such as the British Birth Cohort Studies (BBCS), and explores the possibility of creating narrative case histories and conducting narrative analysis based on information available from the studies. The BBCS have historically adopted a quantitative research design and used structured interviews and questionnaires to collect data from large samples of individuals born in specific years. However, the longitudinal nature of these studies means that they follow the same sample of individuals from birth through childhood into adult life, and this leads to the creation of data that can be understood as a quantitative auto/biography.

Key Words: cohort studies • longitudinal research • mixed-methods research • narrative

Qualitative Research, Vol. 8, No. 3, 411-421 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106093637


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