LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ART-CHART: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2014-2017
	Phase	Clinical Review
	Age	22-35 years
	N	540 (ART); 532 (Non-ART)
Benefits and pensions			S:ART ^I
Date of birth			S:SV-DoB ^I
Employment status			S:SV-ES ^I
Income			S:SV-I ^I
Level of educational attainment			S:SV-EA ^I
Marital or partnership status			S:SV-MS ^I
Number of offspring			S:ART ^I
Private health insurance			S:ART ^I
Residential locality			S:ASGC ^I S:ABS-SEIFA ^I
Respondent information			S:SV-RI ^I
Sexual orientation			S:ASHR ^I S:ART ^I

Featured measurements

ABS-SEIFA: : Australian Bureau of Statistics Devised - Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
ASGC: : Australian Standard Geographical Classification
ASHR: : Australian Study of Health and Relationships Study-devised
ART: : Review of the health of adults conceived with and without Assisted Reproductive Technologies Study-devised measure
SV-DoB: : Study Version - Date of Birth indicator
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
SV-ES: : Study Version - Employment Status measure
SV-I: : Study Version - Income indicator
SV-MS: : Study Version - Marital Status indicator
SV-RI: : Study Version - Respondent Information measure

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.