LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

Infant2Child: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2022-Ongoing	2022-Ongoing	2023-Ongoing	2024-Ongoing	2025-Ongoing
	Age	1	2	3	4	5
	Age	18-24 months	24-34 months	40-46 months	48-58 months	60-70 months
	N	in progress	in progress	in progress	in progress	in progress
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status				P:SV-ATSI ^I		P:SV-ATSI ^I
Benefits and pensions				P:SV-GB ^P		P:SV-GB ^P
Biological sex				P:SV-BS ^I
Country of birth				P:SV-CoB ^P		P:SV-CoB ^P
Date of birth				P:SV-DoB ^I
Ethnic group				P:SV-E ^P P:SV-E ^I	P:SV-E ^P	P:SV-E ^I
Language spoken				P:SV-LS ^P		P:SV-LS ^P
Level of educational attainment				P:SV-EA ^M	P:SV-EA ^M	P:SV-EA ^M
Residential locality				P:SV-P ^P		P:SV-P ^P
Year of arrival				P:SV-YoA ^P		P:SV-YoA ^P

Featured measurements

SV-ATSI: : Study Version - Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander status indicator
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-E: : Study Version - Ethnicity measure
SV-GB: : Study Version - Government Benefits indicator
SV-LS: : Study Version - Language Spoken measure
SV-P: : Study Version - Postcode indicator
SV-YoA: : Study Version - Year of Arrival indicator

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.