LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

COVID Immune: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2020	2020	2021	2021
	Wave	Baseline	Baseline: Clinical	12 month Follow-up	12 month Follow-up: Clinical
	Age	1-14 years	15-24 years	2-15 years	16-25 years
	N
Country of birth				S:SOAR ^P S:SOAR ^I		S:SOAR ^P S:SOAR ^I
Current education			P:CRISIS-BG ^P	S:CATS ^I S:CRISIS-BG ^Fam	P:CRISIS-BG ^P	S:CATS ^I S:CRISIS-BG ^Fam
Employment status			P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F	S:ABS ^I	P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F	S:ABS ^I
Ethnic group				S:SOAR ^P S:SOAR ^I		S:SOAR ^P S:SOAR ^I
Financial circumstances			P:ATPG3 ^P ¹	S:ATPG3 ^I ¹	P:ATPG3 ^P ¹	S:ATPG3 ^I ¹
Gender identity				S:CATS ^I		S:CATS ^I
Household composition			P:CRISIS-BG ^P	S:CRISIS-BG ^Fam	P:CRISIS-BG ^P	S:CRISIS-BG ^Fam
Income			P:ATP ^P ²	S:ATP ^I ²	P:ATP ^P ²	S:ATP ^I ²
Level of educational attainment			P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F	S:CATS ^I	P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F	S:CATS ^I
Marital or partnership status			P:ABS ^P		P:ABS ^P
Migrant status				S:SOAR ^P S:SOAR ^I		S:SOAR ^P S:SOAR ^I
Residential locality			P:ABS ^I	S:ABS ^I	P:ABS ^I	S:ABS ^I
Respondent information			P:SV-RI ^P		P:SV-RI ^P
Sexual orientation				S:CATS ^I		S:CATS ^I

Featured measurements

ABS: : Australian Bureau of Statistics-devised
ATPG3: : Australian Temperament Project, Generation 3-devised measure
ATP: : Australian Temperament Project-devised measure
CATS: : Child to Adult Transition Study-devised measure
CRISIS-BG: : CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey - Background
SOAR: : Speaking Out Against Racism Program
SV-RI: : Study Version - Respondent Information measure

Notes

Items derived from the Maternal and Child Health Financial Screener, Prof Sharon Goldfeld

Items adapted from HILDA

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.