Parental survey
Surveys completed by parental respondents at different points in the child’s lifecourse
Maternal baseline survey |
Maternal baseline survey completed at regsitration |
Father baseline survey |
Father baseline survey completed at registration |
Growing Up maternal survey |
Growing Up maternal survey |
Growing Up partner survey |
Growing Up maternal survey |
Growing Up parental child survey |
Growing Up child-focused survey for parental/carer respondent |

Total unique respondents |
12508 |
-1y 3m |
12y 4m |
Maternal baseline survey |
11474 |
-1y 3m |
0y 0m |
Father baseline survey |
3431 |
-1y 6m |
0y 0m |
Growing Up maternal survey |
5092 |
6y 1m |
12y 4m |
Growing Up partner survey |
232 |
6y 2m |
11y 1m |
Growing Up parental child survey |
4913 |
7y 1m |
12y 4m |
Nested studies
Surveys completed as part of studies that are mested within the full cohort, investigating specific topics
BiB 1000 6m follow-up |
BiB 1000 6m follow-up |
BiB 1000 12m follow-up |
BiB 1000 12m follow-up |
BiB 1000 18m follow-up |
BiB 1000 18m follow-up |
BiB 1000 24m follow-up |
BiB 1000 24m follow-up |
BiB 1000 36m follow-up |
BiB 1000 36m follow-up |
ALL-IN 12m follow-up |
Allergies and Infections study 12m follow-up |
ALL-IN 24m follow-up |
Allergies and Infections study 24m follow-up |
MeDALL study |
MeDALL study follow-up |

Total unique respondents |
4235 |
0y 4m |
5y 5m |
BiB 1000 6m follow-up |
1336 |
0y 4m |
0y 9m |
BiB 1000 12m follow-up |
1313 |
0y 10m |
1y 6m |
BiB 1000 18m follow-up |
1293 |
1y 3m |
1y 10m |
BiB 1000 24m follow-up |
1228 |
1y 11m |
2y 4m |
BiB 1000 36m follow-up |
1232 |
2y 11m |
3y 4m |
ALL-IN 12m follow-up |
2551 |
0y 10m |
2y 0m |
ALL-IN 24m follow-up |
2067 |
1y 1m |
2y 10m |
MeDALL study |
2594 |
3y 11m |
5y 5m |
Child survey
Surveys completed by the child
Growing Up child survey |
Survey completed by the child as part of the Growing up study |
Primary School Years child survey |
Wellbeing survey completed by the child as part of the Primary School Years study |

Total unique respondents |
7474 |
6y 11m |
12y 3m |
Growing Up child survey |
4319 |
7y 1m |
12y 3m |
Primary School Years child survey |
5444 |
6y 11m |
10y 6m |
DXA scans
DXA body composition and densitometry scan
Child DXA scan |
Child DXA body composition and densitometry scan |
Maternal DXA scan |
Maternal DXA body composition and densitometry scan |
Father DXA scan |
Father or maternal partner DXA body composition and densitometry scan |

Total unique respondents |
683 |
6y 2m |
11y 0m |
Child DXA scan |
541 |
7y 1m |
11y 0m |
Maternal DXA scan |
620 |
6y 2m |
11y 0m |
Father DXA scan |
63 |
6y 2m |
10y 6m |
Accelerometry
ActiGraph accelerometry sensors are assigned to children and handed out at school to be worn daily for one week before collection from school.

Actigraph 7-day |
2099 |
7y 7m |
11y 9m |
Child biosamples
Child biosamples donated to the BiB biobank for research purposes
Child cord buffy coat sample |
Child cord buffy coat sample donated to the BiB research biobank |
Child cord EDTA plasma sample |
Child cord EDTA plasma sample donated to the BiB research biobank |
Child cord red blood cells |
Child cord red blood cells donated to the BiB research biobank |
Child cord blood serum |
Child cord blood serum donated to the BiB research biobank |
Child cord whole blood |
Child cord whole blood donated to the BiB research biobank |
Child DNA from cord bloods |
Child DNA from cord bloods donated to the BiB research biobank |
Child bloods at Growing Up |
Child bloods at Growing Up donated to the BiB research biobank |

Total unique respondents |
10039 |
0y 0m |
12y 4m |
Child cord buffy coat sample |
200 |
0y 0m |
0y 0m |
Child cord EDTA plasma sample |
7909 |
0y 0m |
0y 0m |
Child cord red blood cells |
7739 |
0y 0m |
0y 0m |
Child cord blood serum |
9303 |
0y 0m |
0y 0m |
Child cord whole blood |
6741 |
0y 0m |
0y 0m |
Child DNA from cord bloods |
9158 |
0y 0m |
0y 0m |
Child bloods at Growing Up |
1980 |
6y 10m |
12y 4m |
Father biosamples
Father biosamples donated to the BiB biobank for research purposes
Father DNA from saliva |
Father DNA from saliva donated to the BiB research biobank during pregnancy |
Father bloods at Growing Up |
Father or partner bloods at Growing Up donated to the BiB research biobank |

Total unique respondents |
3075 |
-1y 6m |
11y 11m |
Father DNA from saliva |
3051 |
-1y 6m |
0y 0m |
Father bloods at Growing Up |
207 |
6y 2m |
11y 11m |
Mother biosamples
Mother biosamples donated to the BiB biobank for research purposes
Maternal pregnancy plasma sample |
Maternal pregnancy plasma sample donated to the BiB research biobank |
Maternal pregnancy red blood cells |
Maternal pregnancy red blood cells donated to the BiB research biobank |
Maternal pregnancy serum sample |
Maternal pregnancy serum sample donated to the BiB research biobank |
Maternal pregnancy urine sample |
Maternal pregnancy urine sample donated to the BiB research biobank |
Maternal pregnancy whole blood sample |
Maternal pregnancy whole blood sample donated to the BiB research biobank |
Mother bloods at Growing Up |
Mother bloods at Growing Up donated to the BiB research biobank |

Total unique respondents |
12376 |
-1y 5m |
12y 4m |
Maternal pregnancy plasma sample |
11577 |
-1y 5m |
0y 0m |
Maternal pregnancy red blood cells |
11569 |
-1y 5m |
0y 0m |
Maternal pregnancy serum sample |
11788 |
-1y 5m |
0y 0m |
Maternal pregnancy urine sample |
7036 |
-1y 6m |
0y 0m |
Maternal pregnancy whole blood sample |
10322 |
-1y 5m |
0y 0m |
Mother bloods at Growing Up |
3355 |
6y 0m |
12y 4m |
Child growth
Child growth measurement from multiple sources combined over the child’s life course
Birth record body measures |
Child birthweight and other measures from the birth record |
BiB1000 6m growth |
The child is weighed and measured in the BiB 1000 nested study 6m follow up |
BiB1000 12m growth |
The child is weighed and measured in the BiB 1000 nested study 12m follow up |
BiB1000 18m growth |
The child is weighed and measured in the BiB 1000 nested study 18m follow up |
BiB1000 24m growth |
The child is weighed and measured in the BiB 1000 nested study 24m follow up |
BiB1000 36m growth |
The child is weighed and measured in the BiB 1000 nested study 36m follow up |
Health visitor measures |
Height and weight from the Health Visiting record |
MeDALL growth |
The child is weighed and measured in the MeDALL nested study |
NCMP |
Height and weight from the National Child Measurement Programme |
School nurse measures |
Height, weight and other anthropometric measures taken by school nurses |
GP record height and weight |
Height and weight from the GP record |
Growing Up child growth |
The child is weighed and measured in the Growing Up study |

Total unique respondents |
13758 |
0y 0m |
11y 6m |
Birth record body measures |
13491 |
0y 0m |
0y 0m |
BiB1000 6m growth |
1304 |
0y 4m |
0y 9m |
BiB1000 12m growth |
1280 |
0y 10m |
1y 6m |
BiB1000 18m growth |
1246 |
1y 3m |
1y 10m |
BiB1000 24m growth |
1140 |
1y 11m |
3y 3m |
BiB1000 36m growth |
1155 |
2y 11m |
3y 4m |
Health visitor measures |
83478 |
0y 0m |
7y 10m |
MeDALL growth |
2531 |
3y 11m |
5y 4m |
NCMP |
8242 |
4y 0m |
5y 9m |
School nurse measures |
14124 |
4y 5m |
8y 9m |
GP record height and weight |
15518 |
0y 0m |
10y 1m |
Growing Up child growth |
1247 |
7y 0m |
11y 6m |
BiB School Programme
The BiB School Programme consists of two waves, in the child’s Reception year and in Key Stage 2 (years 3 to 6). Data was captured from whole classes of BiB and non-BiB children. This section reports figures including the BiB children only. The Reception year wave was called Starting School and collected a variety of cognitive and developmental measures. The Key Stage 2 wave was called Primary School Years and repeated some of the cognitive and developmental measures, as well as introducing a battery of executive function tasks.
Reception year BPVS |
Reception year BPVS completed by BiB children as part of the Starting School study |
Reception year letter identification |
Reception year letter identification completed by BiB children as part of the Starting School study |
Reception year and Key Stage 2 SDQ |
Reception year and Key Stage 2 SDQ teacher-completed about BiB children as part of the Starting School study |
Reception year and Key Stage 2 CKAT |
Reception year and Key Stage 2 CKAT completed by BiB children as part of the Starting School study |
Key Stage 2 Executive Function |
Key Stage 2 Executive Function completed by BiB children as part of the Primary School Years study |
