CheckPoint (LSAC): Demographics
| Year | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | CheckPoint | 7 | 8 |
| Age | 3-19 months | 2-3 years | 4-5 years | 6-7 years | 8-9 years | 10-11 years | 11-12 years | 12-13 years | 14-15 years |
| Age/DOB | P:SDV P L:LSAC C 1 |
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| Sex | P:SDV C 1 | ||||||||
| Private health insurance status | P:LSAC | ||||||||
| Government concession cards/allowances (health care card) |
P:LSAC | ||||||||
| Relationship to child (Respondent information) | P:SDV P | ||||||||
| Marital/relationship status | P:SDV P | ||||||||
| Locality (including remoteness) | A:ABS 2 | ||||||||
| Socio-economic status (SEIFA) | A:ABS 2 | ||||||||
| Support services utilisation (e.g. Centrelink, Migrant and ethnic family resources, parenting education resources) |
P:LSAC C P P:SDV |
Featured measurements
ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics derivedLSAC: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children derived
SDV: Study Devised Variable
SEIFA: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
Notes
1 Child data provided by LSAC, from Medicare Australia database.
2 Postcode from LSAC data was linked by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to locality (including ARIA remoteness area code and SEIFA score).
2011 SEIFA: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2011, 19 September 2013). Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA). Cat. no. 2033.0.55.001. Retrieved from http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/seifa2011
2011 Remoteness Index (Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) remoteness area code): Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 – Remoteness Structure, July 2011 (cat. no. 1270.0.55.005): Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011.
Legend
| A | = Administration report abstraction |
| C | = Index child report (reporting on others) |
| L | = Linkage (to other databases) |
| M | = Medical records data abstraction |
| O | = Observation/direct assessment |
| N | = Nurse report |
| P | = Parent/primary caregiver report |
| Pe | = Peer report |
| S | = Self report |
| T | = Teacher report |
| X | = Undefined |
| X BF | = Pertaining to biological father |
| X BM | = Pertaining to biological mother |
| X C | = Pertaining to index child |
| X F | = Pertaining to father |
| X Fam | = Pertaining to family |
| X G | = Pertaining to grandparent(s) |
| X M | = Pertaining to mother |
| X P | = Pertaining to parent(s) |
| X Pa | = Pertaining to partner |
| X Pe | = Pertaining to peers |
| X Pr | = Pertaining to primary caregiver |
| X Si | = Pertaining to sibling(s) |