The Growing Up In Scotland survey will follow 8,000 children to adolescence, with one cohort starting from birth and another starting at age two to three.
The researchers will revisit the children every year until the age of five.
The children will then be monitored at a series of key transition points, such as when they start primary school.
Findings from the study, which will be carried out by the Scottish Centre for Social Research (SCSR), will be made available to policymakers, academics and early years practitioners.
SCSR co-director Simon Anderson said, 'This is the first study of its kind to be carried out exclusively in Scotland. The survey will collect information on family structure, childcare, child and family health and attitudes towards parenting.
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