LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VITALITY: Demographics

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2014-2022	2014-2023	2014-2023	2014-2023	2020	2014-2023	2014-2023	2021	2021-2023	2014-2023	2023-Ongoing	2023-Ongoing
	Phase	Baseline	Compliance Monitoring	6 month follow-up	Optional Clinic Visit	COVID Immune: Baseline	9 month follow-up	12 month follow-up	COVID Immune: 12 month follow-up	Short Allergy Questionnaire	12mth Clinical assessment	6 year follow up	6 year Clinic assessment
	Age	6-12 weeks	3-12 months	6 months	6 months	1-5 years	9 months	12 months	2-6 years	12-24 months	12-18 months	6-7 years	6-7 years
	N	2739										in progress	in progress
Biological sex			P:SV-BS ^I
Country of birth			P:SV-CoB ^M P:SV-CoB ^F P:SV-CoB ^I
Current education							P:CRISIS-BG ^P			P:CRISIS-BG ^P
Date of birth			P:SV-DoB ^M P:SV-DoB ^F P:SV-DoB ^I P:SV-DoB ^Si			P:SV-DoB ^I						P:SV-DoB ^I	L:VPDC ^I
Employment status			P:SV-ES ^M P:SV-ES ^F				P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F			P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F			P:VIT ^Fam
Ethnic group			P:SV-E ^G
Financial circumstances							P:ATPG3 ^P ¹			P:ATPG3 ^P ¹
Household composition			P:SV-HC ^I		P:SV-HC ^I		P:CRISIS-BG ^P	P:SV-HC ^I	P:SV-HC ^I	P:CRISIS-BG ^P
Income							P:ATP ^P ²			P:ATP ^P ²
Level of educational attainment			P:SV-EA ^M P:SV-EA ^F				P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F			P:ABS ^M P:ABS ^F			P:VIT ^Fam
Marital or partnership status			P:SV-MS ^M				P:ABS ^P			P:ABS ^P
Migrant status			P:VIT ^M P:VIT ^F
Number of siblings			P:SV-SI ^I										P:VIT ^Fam
Residential locality			P:SV-P ^I				P:ABS ^I		P:SV-P ^I	P:ABS ^I			L:VPDC ^I
Respondent information			P:SV-RI ^I			P:SV-RI ^I	P:SV-RI ^P		P:SV-RI ^I	P:SV-RI ^P		P:SV-RI ^I

Featured measurements

ABS: : Australian Bureau of Statistics-devised
ATPG3: : Australian Temperament Project, Generation 3-devised measure
ATP: : Australian Temperament Project-devised measure
CRISIS-BG: : CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey - Background
VIT: : Primary prevention of infant food allergy: VITALITY Trial-devised measure
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-ES: : Study Version - Employment Status measure
SV-E: : Study Version - Ethnicity measure
SV-HC: : Study Version - Household Composition 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
VPDC: : Victorian Perinatal Data Collection

Notes

Items derived from the Maternal and Child Health Financial Screener, Prof Sharon Goldfeld

Items adapted from HILDA

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.