Cohort '18

Széchenyi 2020

The Cohort ’18, Growing Up in Hungary is a longitudinal research initiated by the Hungarian Demographic Research Institute (HDRI) of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO), tracking the growth of children born in 2018/19. The study enables us to understand better the circumstances of childbearing and childrearing in Hungary, along with the distinct parental, family and social features that determine the development of children to be born here.

One peculiarity of the research program is that data collection starts in the gestational age, enabling us to study the circumstances of the pregnancy. Approximately 10,000 children and their parents will participate in the survey.

Initial findings

Diet of mothers

How healthy or unhealthy are mothers’ diets during pregnancy? Results from the first wave of Cohort '18.

Division of housework

How do parents divide household responsibilities? Preliminary results based on the first two waves of the study.

Grandparents II.

How many living grandparents do six-months-old children have and how often do they have contact with them?

News

We’re restarting!

Thanks to the resolution of the state emergency, the data collection of the Cohort ’18 study continues with the inquiry into families of 18-months-old children.

For your information

The data collection of the third wave of the Cohort ‘18, which examines families raising a child of one-and-a-half-years of age, is being paused for the time being.

Closing the second wave

The second, 6 months phase of the Cohort ‘18 research was successfully completed, with the participation of more than 8,300 children.