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Growing Up in Ireland tracks the development of two groups of children–an Infant Cohort (at nine months) and a Child Cohort (at nine years). The current report presents the first summary of the chartacteristics and circumstances of nine-month-olds in Ireland today.

The principal objective of Growing Up in Ireland is to describe the lives of children and, in particular, to establish what is typical and normal as well as what is atypical and problematic. The Study focuses on a broad range of child outcomes. In so doing, it will facilitate comparison with findings from similar studies of children elsewhere, as well as establishing norms for Ireland. Being longitudinal in nature, the Study will also address developmental trajectories over time and explore the factors that most affect those trajectories and the life chances of children as they grow from nine months to early childhood (in the case of the Infant Cohort).