LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

Memory Maestros: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2012	2012	2012	2013	2014
	Phase	1: Baseline and screening	2: Intervention	3: 6 month follow-up	4: 12 month follow-up	5: 24 month follow-up
	Age	6-7 years	6-7 years	6-8 years	7-8 years	8-9 years
	N	1802	Substudy: 452	Substudy: 452	Substudy: 452	Total: 1269 Substudy: 397
Benefits and pensions			P:SV-GB ^I
Biological sex			P:SV-BS ^I
Current education			P:M-M ^I			P:M-M ^I	P:M-M ^I
Date of birth			P:SV-DoB ^I P:SV-DoB ^P		O:SV-DoB ^I	O:SV-DoB ^I	O:SV-DoB ^I
Financial circumstances			P:M-M ^P
Household composition			P:SV-HC ^P
Income			P:SV-I ^P
Language spoken			P:SV-LS ^I
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^P
Marital or partnership status			P:SV-MS ^P
Number of siblings			P:SV-SI ^I
Residential locality			P:SV-P ^I
Respondent information			P:SV-RI ^P		P:SV-RI ^P	P:SV-RI ^P	P:SV-RI ^P

Featured measurements

M-M: : Memory Maestros Study-devised measure
SV-BS: : Study Version - Biological Sex Indicator
SV-DoB: : Study Version - Date of Birth indicator
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
SV-GB: : Study Version - Government Benefits indicator
SV-HC: : Study Version - Household Composition measure
SV-I: : Study Version - Income indicator
SV-LS: : Study Version - Language Spoken measure
SV-MS: : Study Version - Marital Status indicator
SV-P: : Study Version - Postcode indicator
SV-RI: : Study Version - Respondent Information 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.