diff --git a/tests/test_forward_link.py b/tests/test_forward_link.py
index 583b5485..d1c0f6cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_forward_link.py
+++ b/tests/test_forward_link.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+from helper_functions import load_and_format
 from pandas.testing import assert_frame_equal, assert_series_equal
 
 from src.forward_link import calculate_imputation_link, mask_values
@@ -144,195 +146,41 @@ def test_multiple_filters(self):
         assert_frame_equal(df_copy, expected)
 
 
-class TestLink:
+scenarios = ["calculate_links_test_data"]
 
-    # from scenario 33_multi_variable_C_BI_R
-    # We could parametrise this with more scenarios if needed
-    df = pd.DataFrame(
-        data={
-            "identifier": [
-                10001,
-                10001,
-                10001,
-                10002,
-                10002,
-                10002,
-                10001,
-                10001,
-                10001,
-                10002,
-                10002,
-                10002,
-                10005,
-                10005,
-                10005,
-            ],
-            "date": [
-                202001,
-                202002,
-                202003,
-                202001,
-                202002,
-                202003,
-                202001,
-                202002,
-                202003,
-                202001,
-                202002,
-                202003,
-                202001,
-                202002,
-                202003,
-            ],
-            "group": [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2],
-            "question": [
-                547.0,
-                362.0,
-                895.0,
-                381.0,
-                573.0,
-                214.0,
-                961.0,
-                267.0,
-                314.0,
-                555.0,
-                628.0,
-                736.0,
-                np.nan,
-                np.nan,
-                100.0,
-            ],
-            "f_predictive_question": [
-                np.nan,
-                547.0,
-                362.0,
-                np.nan,
-                381.0,
-                573.0,
-                np.nan,
-                961.0,
-                267.0,
-                np.nan,
-                555.0,
-                628.0,
-                np.nan,
-                np.nan,
-                np.nan,
-            ],
-            "b_predictive_question": [
-                362.0,
-                895.0,
-                np.nan,
-                573.0,
-                214.0,
-                np.nan,
-                267.0,
-                314.0,
-                np.nan,
-                628.0,
-                736.0,
-                np.nan,
-                np.nan,
-                100.0,
-                np.nan,
-            ],
-            "f_matched_pair": [
-                False,
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                False,
-                False,
-            ],
-            "b_matched_pair": [
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                True,
-                True,
-                False,
-                False,
-                False,
-                False,
-            ],
-        }
-    )
 
-    def test_forward_link(self):
-
-        expected_f_link = pd.Series(
-            [
-                1.0,
-                1.0075431034482758,
-                1.186096256684492,
-                1.0,
-                1.0075431034482758,
-                1.186096256684492,
-                1.0,
-                0.5903693931398417,
-                1.1731843575418994,
-                1.0,
-                0.5903693931398417,
-                1.1731843575418994,
-                1.0,
-                0.5903693931398417,
-                1.1731843575418994,
-            ]
-        )
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("scenario", scenarios)
+class TestLinks:
+    def test_forward_links(self, scenario):
+        """Test if function returns the f_link column"""
+
+        df_input = load_and_format("tests/" + scenario + ".csv")
 
-        f_link = calculate_imputation_link(
-            self.df,
-            ["group", "date"],
+        expected_link = df_input["f_link"]
+
+        link_to_test = calculate_imputation_link(
+            df_input,
+            ["group", "period"],
             "f_matched_pair",
             "question",
             "f_predictive_question",
         )
 
-        assert_series_equal(f_link, expected_f_link)
-
-    def test_backward_link(self):
-
-        expected_b_link = pd.Series(
-            [
-                0.9925133689839573,
-                0.8431018935978359,
-                1.0,
-                0.9925133689839573,
-                0.8431018935978359,
-                1.0,
-                1.693854748603352,
-                0.8523809523809524,
-                1.0,
-                1.693854748603352,
-                0.8523809523809524,
-                1.0,
-                0.9925133689839573,
-                0.8523809523809524,
-                1.0,
-            ]
-        )
+        assert_series_equal(link_to_test, expected_link, check_names=False)
+
+    def test_back_links(self, scenario):
+        """Test if function returns the b_link column"""
+
+        df_input = load_and_format("tests/" + scenario + ".csv")
+
+        expected_link = df_input["b_link"]
 
-        b_link = calculate_imputation_link(
-            self.df,
-            ["group", "date"],
+        link_to_test = calculate_imputation_link(
+            df_input,
+            ["group", "period"],
             "b_matched_pair",
             "question",
             "b_predictive_question",
         )
 
-        assert_series_equal(b_link, expected_b_link)
+        assert_series_equal(link_to_test, expected_link, check_names=False)