LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ELVS: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2003-2004	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	2011-2012	2013-2014	2015-2017	2020-2024	2020-Ongoing	2021-Ongoing
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Re-recruitment Phase	Year 11 Follow-up	Year 12 Follow-up
	Age	8 months	12 months	24 months	3 years	4 years	5 years	6 years	7 years	9 years	11 years	13 years	17 - 18 years	17 - 19 years	18 - 20 years
	N	1910	1759	1741	1647	1623	1002	1047	1189	1166	871	858	577	in progress	in progress
Benefits and pensions			P:SV-GB ^M P:SV-GB ^P				P:SV-GB ^M P:SV-GB ^P					P:SV-GB ^M P:SV-GB ^P	P:SV-GB ^M P:SV-GB ^P		P:SV-GB ^Fam
Biological sex			P:SV-BS ^I
Country of birth			P:SV-CoB ^M P:SV-CoB ^P
Current education												T:ELVS-CE ^I	P:ELVS-CE ^I T:ELVS-CE ^I T:ELVS-CE ^I	P:LSAC-ES ^I		S:LSAC-ES ^I
Date of birth			P:SV-DoB ^M P:SV-DoB ^F P:SV-DoB ^I				P:SV-DoB ^I	P:SV-DoB ^I	P:SV-DoB ^I	P:SV-DoB ^I	P:SV-DoB ^I
Employment status			P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^F				P:SV-ES ^M					P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^P		S:LSAC-EmS ^I	P:SV-ES ^Fam	S:LSAC-EmS ^I
Ethnic group			P:SV-E ^M P:SV-E ^P
Household composition			P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I		P:SV-HC ^I			P:SV-HC ^M
Income			P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^F				P:SV-I ^M					P:SV-I ^M P:SV-I ^P
Language spoken			P:SV-LS ^M		P:SV-LS ^M	P:SV-LS ^M	P:SV-LS ^I	P:SV-LS ^I	P:SV-LS ^I
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^P				P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^P					P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^P			P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^P
Marital or partnership status			P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M	P:SV-MS ^M					P:SV-MS ^M
Number of siblings			P:SV-SI ^I
Respondent information						P:ELVS-RI ^P	P:ELVS-RI ^P	P:ELVS-RI ^P	P:ELVS-RI ^P	P:ELVS-RI ^P	P:ELVS-RI ^P		P:ELVS-RI ^M
Socioeconomic status			P:SV-SES ^M

Featured measurements

ELVS-CE: : ELVS devised - Current Education measure
ELVS-RI: : ELVS devised - Respondent Information measure
LSAC-ES: : LSAC devised - Educational status measure
LSAC-EmS: : LSAC devised - Employment status 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-LS: : Study Version - Language Spoken measure
SV-MS: : Study Version - Marital Status indicator
SV-SI: : Study Version - Siblings Information measure
SV-SES: : Study Version - Socioeconomic Status 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.