LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

Triple B: Education and childcare

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2008-2013	2008-2013	2008-2013	2008-2013	2008-2013	2009-2014	2012-2015	2017-2022
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Age	Trimester 1	Trimester 2	Trimester 3	Birth	8 weeks postnatal	Infancy	Preschool	Middle childhood
	N	1621	1598	1580	1479	1461	1377	Substudy = 132	1056
Access to technology at home								P:LSAC-MU ^O	P:LSAC-MU ^O	P:LSAC-MU ^O
Child care arrangements								P:BBB-C ^O	P:BBB-C ^O	P:LSAC-SC ^O
Current education										S:LSAC-ES ^I S:LSAC-ES ^IP P:LSAC-SC ^O
Educational achievement										P:SSIS ^O P:FTP-SA ^O L:NAPLAN ^O
Level of educational attainment					S:SV-EA ^I S:SV-EA ^IP				S:SV-EA ^IP
Literacy										P:BBB-LNS ^O
School environment										P:FTP-SA ^O
School functioning										P:FTP-SA ^O
Teacher-student relationship										P:FTP-SA ^O

Featured measurements

FTP-SA: : Fast Track Project devised - School Adjustment Measure
LSAC-ES: : LSAC devised - Educational status measure
LSAC-MU: : LSAC devised - Media Use Item set
LSAC-SC: : LSAC devised - School and Childcare Item set
NAPLAN: : National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy
SSIS: : Social Skills Improvement System
SV-EA: : Study Version - Educational Attainment measure
BBB-C: : Triple B devised - Childcare Item set
BBB-LNS: : Triple B devised - Literacy and Numeracy Skills Item set

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.