LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

CAP and NICAP: Education and childcare

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2011-2012	2013-2014	2014-2016	2014-2016	2016-2017	2016-2017	2018-2019	2018-2019
	Wave	1 (CAP)	2 (CAP)	3 (CAP)	3a (NICAP)	4 (CAP)	4a (NICAP)	5 (CAP)	5a (NICAP)
	Age	7 years	8.5 years	10 years	10 years	11.5 years	11.5 years	13 years	13 years
	N	Total: 497 Cases: 179 Controls: 212 High risk: 100	Total: 485 Cases: 206 Controls: 174 High risk: 83	Total: 481 Cases: 167 Controls: 192 High risk: 80	Total: 122 Cases: 59 Controls: 54 High risk: 6		Total: 122 Cases: 59 Controls: 54 High risk: 6		Total: 122 Cases: 59 Controls: 54 High risk: 6
Educational achievement			T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	T:SSIS ^I L:NAPLAN ^I S:ATSS ^I P:SSIS ^I	T:SSIS ^I L:NAPLAN ^I S:ATSS ^I P:SSIS ^I	L:NAPLAN ^I S:ATSS ^I P:SSIS ^I	L:NAPLAN ^I S:ATSS ^I P:SSIS ^I	L:NAPLAN ^I S:ATSS ^I	L:NAPLAN ^I S:ATSS ^I
Educational assistance			T:CAP ^I	T:CAP ^I	T:CAP ^I	T:NICAP ^I
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^P	P:SV-EA ^P	P:SV-EA ^P	P:SV-EA ^P			P:SV-EA ^P	P:SV-EA ^P
Reading			O:WRAT4 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I	O:WRAT4 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I
School attendance					T:LSAC ^I
School engagement					S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I
School functioning			P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	S:LSAC ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	S:LSAC ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	S:LSAC ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	S:LSAC ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	S:LSAC ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	S:LSAC ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I
School teacher			T:LSAC ^I T:CAP ^I	T:LSAC ^I T:CAP ^I	T:LSAC ^I T:CAP ^I	T:LSAC ^I T:NICAP ^I
Teacher-student relationship			T:STRS-SF ^I	T:STRS-SF ^I	S:ATSS ^I T:STRS-SF ^I	S:ATSS ^I T:STRS-SF ^I	S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I	S:ATSS ^I

Featured measurements

ATSS: : Attitudes to School Scale
CAP: : Children’s Attention Project-devised measure
LSAC: : Longitudinal Study of Australian Children-devised measure
NAPLAN: : National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy
NICAP: : Neuroimaging of the Children’s Attention Project-devised measure
PedsQL 4.0: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 4.0 Generic Core Scales
SSIS: : Social Skills Improvement System
STRS-SF: : Student-Teacher Relationship Scale: Short Form
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4

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.