LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ELVS: Family environment

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
Attachment behaviour												S:IPPA ^I	S:IPPA ^I
Family functioning										P:CRQ-a ^I		P:CRQ-a ^I
Future aspirations												S:ELVS-FP ^I	S:ELVS-FP ^I		S:MCS-LF ^I
Life events							P:ELVS-SLE ^I
Number of siblings			P:SV-SI ^I
Parent-child relationship			P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I					S:IPPA ^I	S:IPPA ^I
Parenting behaviour			P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I	P:BPCIS ^I			P:CRQ-a ^I		P:CRQ-a ^I
Quality of family relationship																	S:MSPSS ^I
Relationship satisfaction				P:ELVS-CRR ^M	P:ELVS-CRR ^M	P:ELVS-CRR ^M	P:ELVS-CRR ^M	P:ELVS-CRR ^M	P:ELVS-CRR ^M			P:ELVS-CRR ^M	P:ELVS-CRR ^M
Social support														S:SSM ^I			S:MSPSS ^I S:ELVS-FSS ^I

Featured measurements

BPCIS: : Brigance Parent-Child Interactions Scale
CRQ-a: : Child Rearing Questionnare, adapted
ELVS-CRR: : ELVS devised - Current Romantic Relationship measure
ELVS-FSS: : ELVS devised - Friend Support Satisfaction measure
ELVS-FP: : ELVS devised - Future Plans measure
ELVS-SLE: : ELVS devised - Stressful Life Events measure
IPPA: : Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment
MCS-LF: : MCS devised - Learning and the Future measure
MSPSS: : Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
SSM: : Social Solidarity Measure
SV-SI: : Study Version - Siblings Information 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.