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Term: Birth Cohort Registry Database

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Last Updated: 2011-11-22

Definition:

A longitudinal cohort registry of Manitoba residents born between 1979 to 1989 (inclusive), developed by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) using the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry, hospital discharge abstracts, and census databases. Child, maternal and paternal (85% of cases) information is included in the database, such as children's birth weight/date/order, and Mothers' age at first birth and marital status at child's birth.

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  • Brownell M, Roos N, MacWilliam L, Leclair L, Ekuma O, Fransoo R. Academic and social outcomes for high-risk youths in Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Education 2010;33(4):804-836. [Abstract] (View)
  • Brownell M, Roos N, Fransoo R, Roos LL, Guevremont A, MacWilliam L, Yallop L, Levin B. Is the class half empty? A population-based perspective on socioeconomic status and educational outcomes. IRPP Choices 2006;12(5):1-30. [Abstract] [Report] (View)
  • Currie J, Stabile M, Manivong P, Roos LL. Child health and young adult outcomes. Journal of Human Resources 2010;45(3):517-548. [Abstract] (View)
  • Jutte D, Brownell M, Roos NP, Schippers C, Boyce WT, Syme SL. Rethinking what is important: Biologic versus social predictors of childhood health and educational outcomes. Epidemiology 2010;21(3):314-323. [Abstract] (View)
  • Jutte DP, Roos NP, Brownell M, Briggs G, MacWilliam L, Roos L. The ripples of adolescent motherhood: Social, educational, and medical outcomes for children of teen and prior teen moms. Academic Pediatrics 2010;10(5):293-301. [Abstract] (View)
  • Kozyrskyj AL, HayGlass KT, Sandford AJ, Pare PD, Chan-Yeung M, Becker AB. A novel study design to investigate the early-life origins of asthma in children (SAGE study). Allergy 2009;64(8):1185-1193. [Abstract] (View)
  • Oreopoulos P, Stabile M, Walld R, Roos LL. Short, medium, and long term consequences of poor infant health: An analysis using siblings and twins. J Hum Resour 2008;43(1):88-138. [Abstract] (View)
  • Roos LL, Nicol JP. A research registry: uses, development, and accuracy. J Clin Epidemiol 1999;52(1):39-47. [Abstract] (View)
  • Roos LL, Hiebert B, Manivong P, Edgerton J, Walld R, MacWilliam L, de Rocquigny J. What is most important: Social factors, health selection, and adolescent educational achievement. Social Indicators Research 2013;110(1):385-414. [Abstract] (View)
  • Roos NP, Brownell M, Guevremont A, Fransoo R, Levin B, MacWilliam L, Roos LL. The complete story: A population-based perspective on school performance and educational testing. Can J Educ 2006;29(3):684-705. [Abstract] [Report] (View)


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