Welcome to the Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland where you can find out more about our work. The LSCS projects focus on linking data over time to produce longitudinal research resources that inform a wide variety of disciplines.
The Digitising Scotland project digitised the historic vital events records (births, marriages and deaths) for people living in Scotland (1855-1973). This project is now closed. View the Digitising Scotland website...
The SLS-DSU develops and supports the Scottish Longitudinal Study, a large-scale linkage study using data from administrative and statistical sources. The SLS follows 5.3% of the Scottish population from 1991 onwards. View the Scottish Longitudinal Study website...
The SHiPP project aims to create a research ready database derived from the Scottish civil registration certificates - births, deaths and marriages - between 1855 and 1973. View the Scottish Historic Population Platform (SHiPP) website...
The synthpop package for R allows users to create synthetic versions of confidential individual-level data for use by researchers interested in making inferences about the population that the data represent. View the Synthpop website...
