LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ELVS: Education and childcare

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	2020-2022	2021-2023	2023-2024
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	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	20-21 years
	N	1910	1759	1741	1647	1623	1002	1047	1189	1166	871	858	577	575	570	569
Access to technology at home							P:ELVS-TCU ^I	P:ELVS-TCU ^I
Assessment of needs								P:CSHCNS ^I				P:CSHCNS ^I	P:CSHCNS ^I
Child care arrangements			P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I
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
Educational achievement										T:ELVS-Ac ^I		T:ELVS-Ac ^I	T:ELVS-Ac ^I			S:HILDA-FLN ^I
Educational assistance										P:ELVS-Tu ^I T:ELVS-Tu ^I
In higher education																	S:NSW-PSDES ^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		S:ELVS-EE ^I S:SV-EA ^I
Literacy																S:HILDA-FLN ^I
Pre-school			P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I
Reading					P:ELVS-R ^I	P:ELVS-R ^I	P:ELVS-R ^I O:WRAT4 ^I	P:ELVS-R ^I O:WRAT4 ^I ¹	P:ELVS-R ^I	P:ELVS-R ^I O:WRAT4 ^I O:CC2 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I
School attendance			P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I	P:ELVS-ELCE ^I P:ELVS-SA ^I	P:ELVS-SA ^I	P:ELVS-SA ^I
School engagement												S:YES:MS ^I T:ELVS-AS ^P	S:YES:MS ^I T:ELVS-AS ^P
School environment									P:ELVS-SI ^I	P:ELVS-SI ^I
School functioning						P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I T:SRQ ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I T:SRQ ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:YES:MS ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I P:ELVS-TSS ^I S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:YES:MS ^I S:ELVS-TSS ^I
Writing								P:ELVS-Wr ^I	P:ELVS-Wr ^I	P:ELVS-Wr ^I

Featured measurements

CSHCNS: : Children with Special Health Care Needs screener
ELVS-Ac: : ELVS devised - Academic progression measure
ELVS-AS: : ELVS devised - Attitudes to School measure
ELVS-CE: : ELVS devised - Current Education measure
ELVS-ELCE: : ELVS devised - Early life Childcare and Education
ELVS-R: : ELVS devised - Reading measure
ELVS-SA: : ELVS devised - School Attendance measure
ELVS-SI: : ELVS devised - School Information measure
ELVS-TCU: : ELVS devised - Television and Computer Use measure
ELVS-TSS: : ELVS devised - Transition to Secondary School measure
ELVS-Tu: : ELVS devised - Tutoring measure
ELVS-Wr: : ELVS devised - Writing measure
ELVS-EE: : ELVS-devised - Education and Employment Measure
HILDA-FLN: : HILDA devised - Functional Literacy and Numeracy measure
LSAC-ES: : LSAC devised - Educational status measure
NSW-PSDES: : NSW Post‑School Destinations and Experiences Survey
PedsQL 4.0: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 4.0 Generic Core Scales
SRQ: : School Readiness Questionnaire
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
CC2: : The Castles and Coltheart Test 2
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4
YES:MS: : Youth Experiences Survey: Middle School

Notes

Completed only if mother attended 5yo assessment and mother did not complete tasks at 4yo assessment

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

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