LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

GenV: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2020-Ongoing	2021-Ongoing	2021-Ongoing	2021-Ongoing	2021-Ongoing
	Age	Birth	3m	6m	9m	12m
	Age	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-9 months	9-12 months	12-18 months
	N	in progress	in progress	in progress	in progress	in progress
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status			P:ABS ^P
Country of birth			P:SOAR-i ^P
Ethnic group			P:SOAR-i ^P
Gender identity			P:GenIUSS ^P
Household composition			P:SV-HC ^P P:SV-HC ^IP
Language spoken			P:SV-LS ^P
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^P
Residential locality				P:GenV-RL ^P	P:GenV-RL ^P	P:GenV-RL ^P	P:GenV-RL ^P

Featured measurements

ABS: : Australian Bureau of Statistics-devised
GenIUSS: : Gender Identity in U.S. Surveillance (GenIUSS)-devised Item
GenV-RL: : GenV devised - Residential Locality Item
SOAR-i: : Speaking Out Against Racism Program devised item
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
SV-HC: : Study Version - Household Composition measure
SV-LS: : Study Version - Language Spoken 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.