Early learning and childcare at age five: comparing two cohorts

Acknowledgements

First and foremost, the authors would like to thank all the families who have given up their time to take part in the study and have supported it continuously sweep by sweep.

The Growing Up in Scotland study is very much a collaborative venture. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to our colleagues in NatCen's operations and computing departments and to our team of interviewers and supervisors for conducting the interviews with such dedication and professionalism.

We would also like to thank everyone involved in the preparation of this report - particularly Wendy van der Neut, Sharon Glen, Liz Levy and Ganka Mueller at the Scottish Government who provided feedback on early drafts. Thanks also to Stephen Hinchliffe for methodological advice.

Responsibility for the opinions expressed in this report, and for all interpretation of the data, lies solely with the authors.