Families with babies born this year are being invited to take part in a new study which will track their experiences growing up in Ireland.
Between 15,000 and 16,000 randomly sampled families from all over the country who have a nine-month-old baby are to be invited to take part in the major national survey.
The Growing Up In Ireland study will be conducted by the Central Statistics Office, and is the first national survey of its kind in 16 years.
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The new infant group will join the existing two cohorts which were recruited in 1998 and 2008.
The previous studies were carried out by the Economic Social and Research Institute.
The longitudinal survey will follow the progress of the children…