Telling the stories of three generations

Growing Up in Ireland is the national longitudinal study of children and young people, a joint project of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

About us

Publications

Since 2006, the study has provided Government with an evidence base to make informed policy decisions on a wide range of issues based on data from children and young people living in Ireland.

Questionnaires

Conferences

Report Launches

Data Workshops

Cohort Groups

COHORT ’98

Cohort 98 are adults who were born, mostly, in 1998 and were enrolled in the study when they were 9 years old in 2007.

COHORT ’08

Cohort 08 are young people who were born, mostly, in 2008 and were enrolled in the study when they were 9 months old.

COHORT ’24

Cohort 24 are children who were born in 2024 when they were 9 months old.

Latest News

The GUI conference on 4th Nov is now fully booked.

The CSO have released a new report on twins in Cohort ’08

The ESRI launched a report on bullying, commissioned by DCDE and using GUI data, on 28^th August – you can find the full report here

Two reports on non-resident parents, based on GUI data, have recently been published by the ESRI and the CSO.

Where are we now

Datasets pertaining to Cohort ’98 at age 25 were archived in May 2025 – info on how to access the data can be found here.

Fieldwork for Wave 1 (age 9mths) has almost concluded

Main fieldwork for Cohort ’08 at 17 will start shortly

Key findings for Cohort ’98 at age 25 were released by the CSO in January 2025

Please contact the GUI team by email only via: growingup@dcde.gov.ie