A recent study based on BCS70 has revealed how our mum’s experience of parenthood may, to some extent, influence if and when we start our own family.  

Researchers have compared your experiences with those of people both older and younger than you, to discover whether there are critical timepoints when people are at most risk of social isolation.

Up to one in five people with a history of poor mental health said they were ‘much worse off’ financially a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to one in ten of those who had never had psychological problems, according to evidence from BCS70 and another study of people born in 1958.