The Drogheda School Leavers Cohort is a longitudinal study of all 652 young people who completed their secondary education in the Drogheda-area schools in 1993. The Boyne Research Institute "constructed this unique-to-Ireland study of local youth as a way to track the changes in their lives during this time when Ireland social fabric is changing radically".
The first contact with the School Leavers was in 1995. Of the total number of 652, 328 completed a postal questionnaire. The second contact with the School Leavers Cohort took place from 2003-2004. In 2003, 413 of the original 652 Drogheda 1993 school leavers responded. There are results across a number of characteristics including height, weight and labour market earnings.
More details about results from the Drogheda cohort are available here. The mission of the Boyne Research Institute is to help understand the causes and consequences of diseases during childhood. Their current projects include studies into the causes of birth defects in families, and the long-term complications of cancer during childhood.
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