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French longitudinal study from childhood

France, 2011 - 3000
Reference ID
FRESH-PEF3406-en
Producer(s)
Thierry;SIMEON, Marie-Aline;CHARLES
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Feb 18, 2026
Last modified
Jul 08, 2026
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Study authorization
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Study activities
  • Quality standards
  • Access policy
  • Data Access
  • Contacts

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    FRESH-PEF3406-en
    Title

    French longitudinal study from childhood
    Abbreviation or Acronym

    ELFE
    Country
    Name Country code
    France fr
    Kind of Data

    ['Clinical data','Paraclinical data (non-biological)','Paraclinical data (non-biological) : Imaging','Biological data','Socio-demographic data','Participant-reported health data']
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    COVID-19 cim-11
    Behavioral determinants: Addiction health determinant
    Environmental determinants: Climate health determinant
    Socio-demographic and economic determinants health determinant
    Environmental determinants: Other health determinant
    Behavioral determinants health determinant
    Behavioral determinants: Eating habits health determinant
    Environmental determinants health determinant
    Healthcare system determinants: Access to care health determinant
    Socio-demographic and economic determinants: Employment health determinant
    Keywords
    family pregnancy growth development pollution environment nutrition living environment schooling socialisation children

    Coverage

    Universe

    {"level_sex_clusion_I":[{"value":"Male","concept":{"vocab":"MeSH","vocabURI":"D008297"}},{"value":"Female","concept":{"vocab":"MeSH","vocabURI":"D005260"}}],"level_age_clusion_I":[{"value":"Infant, Newborn (birth to 28 days)","concept":{"vocab":"MeSH","vocabURI":"D007231"}},{"value":"Infant (28 days to 2 years)","concept":{"vocab":"MeSH","vocabURI":"D007223"}},{"value":"Child, Preschool (2 to 5 years)","concept":{"vocab":"MeSH","vocabURI":"D002675"}},{"value":"Child (6 to 12 years)","concept":{"vocab":"MeSH","vocabURI":"D002648"}},{"value":"Adolescent (13 to 18 years)","concept":{"vocab":"MeSH","vocabURI":"D000293"}}],"level_type_clusion_I":"General population","level_type_clusion_other":"","clusion_I":"Children born after 33 weeks of pregnancy - single or twin pregnancy - in mainland France - mother aged 18 years and over","clusion_E":""}

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Thierry;SIMEON
    Marie-Aline;CHARLES
    Producers
    Name Role
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) sponsor
    INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ETUDES DEMOGRAPHIQUES (INED) sponsor
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE (ANR)
    MINISTERE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR, DE LA RECHERCHE ET DE L’ESPACE
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name
    European Lifecycle project

    Study authorization

    Agency
    Agency name
    CNIL
    CPP

    Sampling

    Sample frame

    Unit Type

    ['Through organizations (health services or institutions, schools, businesses, etc.)']
    Sampling Procedure

    ['{"concept":{"vocabURI":"Probability.Stratified","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Probability: Stratified"}']

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Access on specific project only
    Methodology notes

    Observational Study

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2011-01-01 3000-01-01
    Mode of data collection
    • {"concept":{"vocabURI":"SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Self-administered questionnaire"}
    • {"concept":{"vocabURI":"Interview","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Interview with the participant (including clinical)"}
    • {"concept":{"vocabURI":"MeasurementsAndTests.Psychological","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Psychological tests/clinical scales (depression, cognition, quality of life, etc.)"}

    Study activities

    Study activities
    Type
    primary evaluation
    Description
    Health event/morbidity Health care consumption and services Quality of life/health perception

    Quality standards

    Quality standards
    Standard
    ['ICD-10']

    Access policy

    Location of Data Collection

    Data access platform: access via the website: www.elfe-france.fr/acces-donnees or direct access: https://pandora.vjf.inserm.fr/public/

    Data Access

    Access conditions

    The proposals should be submitted to an ELFE data access committee which will determine the relevance of the project and the suitability of the data requested.
    Availability Status

    {"value":"Restricted access","extLink":[{"title":"COAR","uri":"http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec"}]}

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email
    Thierry;SIMEON thierry.simeon@ined.fr
    Marie-Aline;CHARLES marie-aline.charles@inserm.fr
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