Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study Sample Clauses

Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study. Participants were members of the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, which investigates how genetic and environmental factors shape the development of a nationally representative birth cohort of 2,232 British children. The sample was drawn from a larger birth register of twins born in England and Wales in 1994–1995 (Trouton, Spinath, & Xxxxxx, 2002). Of the 15,906 twin pairs born in 1994- 1995, 71% joined the TEDS register. The E-Risk sample was constructed in 1999-2000, when 1,116 families with same-sex 5-year-old twins (93% of those eligible) participated in home-visit assessments. Same sex dizygotic twins were selected to allow for a better comparison to monozygotic twin pairs who are necessarily of the same sex, thus avoiding confounding twin similarity with brother-sister dissimilarity. Families were recruited to represent the UK population of families with new-borns in the 1990’s, based on (a) residential location throughout England and Wales and (b) mother’s age (i.e., older mothers having twins via assisted reproduction were under-selected and teen-aged mothers with twins were over selected). This sampling was used to (a) replace high-risk families who were selectively lost to the register via non-response and (b) ensure sufficient numbers of children growing up in high-risk environments. Age at first childbearing was used as the risk-stratification variable because data were present for virtually all families in the register, it is relatively free of measurement error, and early childbearing is a known risk factor for children’s problem behaviours (Xxxxxxx, 1997; Xxxxxxx & Team, 2002). The study sought a sample of 1,100 families to allow for attrition in future years of the longitudinal study while retaining statistical power. An initial list of families who had same-sex twins was drawn from the register to target for home visits, with a 10% over-sample to allow for non-participation. Of the 1,203 families from the initial list who were eligible for inclusion, 1,116 (93%) participated in home-visit assessments when the twins were 5 years of age, forming the base sample of the study: 4% of families refused, and 3% were lost to tracing or could not be reached after many attempts. Research interviewers visited each home for 2.5 to 3 hours, in teams of two. While one research interviewer interviewed the mother, the other tested the twins in sequence in a different part of the house. Families were given Marks & Xxxxxxx or Kingfisher vo...
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