LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

CheckPoint-LSAC: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2015-2016	2016	2018	2020	2021-0	2023	2026-Ongoing
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	CheckPoint	7	8	9C1	9C2	10	11
	Age	3-19 months	2-3 years	4-5 years	6-7 years	8-9 years	10-11 years	11-12 years	12-13 years	14-15 years	16-17 years	17-18 years	19-20 years	21-22 years
	N	5107	4606	4386	4242	4085	3764	1874	3381	3127	1595	2228	2449	in progress
Benefits and pensions									P:SV-GB ^P
Date of birth									L:LSAC ^I ¹ P:SV-DoB ^P
Marital or partnership status									P:SV-MS ^P
Private health insurance									P:LSAC ^I
Residential locality									R:ABS-SEIFA ^I
Respondent information									P:SV-RI ^P

Featured measurements

ABS-SEIFA: : Australian Bureau of Statistics Devised - Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
LSAC: : Longitudinal Study of Australian Children-devised measure
SV-DoB: : Study Version - Date of Birth indicator
SV-GB: : Study Version - Government Benefits indicator
SV-MS: : Study Version - Marital Status indicator
SV-RI: : Study Version - Respondent Information measure

Notes

Data provided by LSAC, from Medicare Australia database

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.