LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

AQUA: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2011-2012	2011-2012	2011-2012	2011-2012	2013-2014	2014-2015	2018-Ongoing
	Wave	1	2	3	4a	4	5	AQUA@6
	Age	19 weeks gestation	26 weeks gestation	36 weeks gestation	Birth	12 months	2 years	6-7 years
	N	2146	1715	1571	1401	1296	1038	In progress
Biological sex						R:B-R ^I	P:SV-BS ^I
Country of birth			P:SV-CoB ^M P:SV-CoB ^F
Date of birth			P:SV-DoB ^M
Employment status			P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP				P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP P:SRI ^M	P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP P:SRI ^M	P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP
Ethnic group			P:SV-E ^M P:SV-E ^F						P:SV-E ^M P:SV-E ^I
Financial circumstances			P:AQUA ^M P:AQUA ^IP						P:AQUA ^M
Household composition							P:SV-HC ^M P:SV-HC ^IP P:SRI ^M	P:SRI ^M	P:SV-HC ^M P:SV-HC ^IP
Income			P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^IP						P:SV-I ^M
Language spoken			P:SV-LS ^M				P:SV-LS ^M P:SRI ^M	P:SRI ^M	P:SV-LS ^I
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^IP				P:SRI ^M	P:SRI ^M	P:SV-EA ^M
Marital or partnership status			P:SV-MS ^M				P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M
Occupation			P:AQUA ^M P:AQUA ^IP				P:AQUA ^M P:AQUA ^IP P:SRI ^M	P:AQUA ^M P:AQUA ^IP P:SRI ^M	P:AQUA ^M P:AQUA ^IP
Private health insurance			P:AQUA ^M				P:AQUA ^M

Featured measurements

AQUA: : Asking Questions about Alcohol in Pregnancy Study-devised measure
B-R: : Birth Records
SRI: : Social Risk Index
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

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

Metadata presented by LifeCourse provides a crucial first step in understanding the available data across studies. It does not take the place of detailed study documentation, which should always be consulted during design and analysis.