LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VAHCS: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	1992	1993	1993	1994	1994	1995	1998-1999	2001-2003	2006-2008	2012-2014	2019-2021
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Age	14.9	15.5	15.9	16.4	16.8	17.4	20.7	24.1	29.1	35.1	42.6
	N	898	1727	1697	1628	1575	1530	1601	1520	1501	1443	1428
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status			S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I
Benefits and pensions			S:VAHCS-HSA ^I				S:VAHCS-HSA ^I		S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I
Biological sex													S:SV-BS ^O
Country of birth			S:SV-CoB ^M S:SV-CoB ^F S:SV-CoB ^I	S:SV-CoB ^M S:SV-CoB ^F S:SV-CoB ^I	S:SV-CoB ^M S:SV-CoB ^F S:SV-CoB ^I	S:SV-CoB ^M S:SV-CoB ^F S:SV-CoB ^I
Current education							S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I
Date of birth													S:SV-DoB ^O
Employment status			S:SV-ES ^M S:SV-ES ^F	S:SV-ES ^M S:SV-ES ^F	S:SV-ES ^M S:SV-ES ^F	S:SV-ES ^M S:SV-ES ^F	S:SV-ES ^I	S:SV-ES ^I	S:SV-ES ^I	S:SV-ES ^I	S:SV-ES ^I	S:ABS-HES ^I S:SV-ES ^I	S:VAHCS-COVID ^I ¹ S:SV-ES ^I S:ABS-HES ^I
Ethnic group										S:SV-E ^M S:SV-E ^F	S:SV-E ^M S:SV-E ^F
Financial circumstances									S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I S:SPQ ^I ²	S:VAHCS ^I S:SPQ ^I ²	S:VAHCS ^I S:SPQ ^I ² S:ABS-HES ^I	S:VAHCS-COVID ^I ¹ S:SPQ ^I S:ABS-HES ^I
Gender identity													S:VAHCS ^I
Household composition			S:SV-HC ^I	S:SV-HC ^I					S:SV-HC ^I	S:SV-HC ^I	S:SV-HC ^I	S:ABS-HES ^I S:SV-HC ^I	S:VAHCS-COVID ^I ¹ S:SV-HC ^I S:ABS-HES ^I
Housing ownership and tenure												S:ABS-HES ^I	S:VAHCS ^I S:ABS-HES ^I
Income												S:ABS-HES ^I	S:SV-I ^I S:ABS-HES ^I
Language spoken			S:SV-LS ^Fam	S:SV-LS ^Fam		S:SV-LS ^Fam
Level of educational attainment			S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F	S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F	S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F	S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F		S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F	S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F	S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F	S:SV-EA ^M S:SV-EA ^F		S:SV-EA ^I
Marital or partnership status			S:SV-MS ^P	S:SV-MS ^P	S:SV-MS ^P	S:SV-MS ^P	S:SV-MS ^P	S:SV-MS ^P	S:SV-MS ^P	S:SPQ ^I ² S:SV-MS ^P	S:SPQ ^I ² S:SV-MS ^P	S:SPQ ^I ²	S:SPQ ^I
Number of dependant children									S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I	S:VAHCS ^I
Number of siblings			S:SV-SI ^I	S:SV-SI ^I
Occupation										S:SPQ ^I ²	S:SPQ ^I ²	S:SPQ ^I ²	S:SPQ ^I
Respondent information													S:SV-RI ^I
Sexual orientation			S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I	S:VAHCS-SA ^I
Socioeconomic status				S:SV-SES ^I	S:SV-SES ^I			S:SV-SES ^I		S:SV-SES ^I

Featured measurements

ABS-HES: : Australian Bureau of Statistics: Household Expenditure Survey
SPQ: : Social Problem Questionnaire
SV-BS: : Study Version - Biological Sex Indicator
SV-CoB: : Study Version - Country of Birth indicator
SV-DoB: : Study Version - Date of Birth indicator
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
SV-ES: : Study Version - Employment Status measure
SV-E: : Study Version - Ethnicity measure
SV-HC: : Study Version - Household Composition measure
SV-I: : Study Version - Income indicator
SV-LS: : Study Version - Language Spoken measure
SV-MS: : Study Version - Marital Status indicator
SV-RI: : Study Version - Respondent Information measure
SV-SI: : Study Version - Siblings Information measure
SV-SES: : Study Version - Socioeconomic Status measure
VAHCS-COVID: : VAHCS devised - COVID Battery
VAHCS-HSA: : VAHCS devised - Health Service Access measure
VAHCS-SA: : VAHCS devised - Sexual Activity measure
VAHCS: : Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study-devised measure

Notes

Items adapted from the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey (CRISIS)

A VAHCS-adapted version of this measure was used

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

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