CLOSER: Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources
UCL Institute of Education
CLOSER is a UK consortium that harmonises and documents data from major longitudinal population studies, including several national birth cohorts and household panels. Researchers discover variables and metadata through CLOSER Discovery and then apply for the underlying data via the UK Data Service or the individual studies, whose access conditions vary.
Category
Research database
Access
Credentialed
Cost
free
Region
UK
Coverage
80,000+ participants from UK birth cohorts and 100,000+ household members
Data types
longitudinal health data, socioeconomic data, anthropometric measures, harmonised datasets