LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

BIS: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2010-2013	2010-2013	2010-2013	2010-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2012-2014	2012-2015	2014-2016	2020-Ongoing
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Age	1st and 2nd trimester	3rd trimester	Birth/perinatal	4 weeks	3 months	6 months	9 months	12 months	18 months	2 years	4 years	7-9 years
	N	1158 mothers enrolled	1158 mothers enrolled	1074 eligible infants	984		927		894		823	909	In progress
Benefits and pensions												P:SV-GB ^P
Biological sex					P:SV-BS ^I
Country of birth			P:SV-CoB ^M P:SV-CoB ^F	P:SV-CoB ^M	P:SV-CoB ^M P:SV-CoB ^I
Date of birth			P:SV-DoB ^M P:SV-DoB ^F		L:VPDC ^I P:SV-DoB ^I P:SV-DoB ^M
Employment status			P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^F							P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP		P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP	P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP	P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^IP
Ethnic group			P:AOCS ^M P:AOCS ^F P:AOCS ^G							P:SV-E ^M P:SV-E ^IP
Household composition			P:SV-HC ^M									P:SV-HC ^I		P:SV-HC ^I
Housing history												P:BIS ^I		P:BIS ^I
Housing ownership and tenure									P:BIS ^P			P:BIS ^P		P:BIS ^P
Income			P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^F							P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^IP		P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^IP	P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^IP	P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^IP
Language spoken										P:BIS ^I
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^F									P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^IP	P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^IP
Marital or partnership status			P:SV-MS ^M							P:SV-MS ^M		P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M
Number of changes of school												P:BIS ^I		P:BIS ^I
Number of siblings			P:TMSRP ^Si
Residential locality			P:SV-P ^P	P:SV-P ^P	L:VPDC ^I P:SV-P ^P	P:SV-P ^P
Socioeconomic status			P:BIS ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:BIS ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:SV-SES ^P	P:SV-SES ^P

Featured measurements

AOCS: : Australian Ovarian Cancer Study-devised measure
BIS: : Barwon Infant Study-devised measure
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-GB: : Study Version - Government Benefits indicator
SV-HC: : Study Version - Household Composition measure
SV-I: : Study Version - Income indicator
SV-MS: : Study Version - Marital Status indicator
SV-P: : Study Version - Postcode indicator
SV-SES: : Study Version - Socioeconomic Status measure
TMSRP: : Tasmanian Multiple Sclerosis Research Program-devised measure
VPDC: : Victorian Perinatal Data Collection

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.