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Data use Documentation
Apr 2024

Event history calendar

This paper provides information about the event history calendar data collected in Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children …

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Data use Documentation
Aug 2023

Agreement between parent and child responses

This paper examines the concordance between parents’ and children’s responses in Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC…

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Data use Documentation
Aug 2023

Evaluating mode effects in LSAC Wave 8

This paper examines differences in response patterns to wellbeing items asked in Wave 8 of Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian…

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Data use Documentation
Jun 2023

Combining linked data from NAPLAN and Medicare with LSAC…

This paper highlights the potential of LSAC to answer research questions using a combination of survey and linked administrative data, focussing on two databases…

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Data use Documentation
Jun 2021

Wave 9C, Survey 1 Weighting and non-response

This paper by the Australian Bureau of Statistics LSAC processing team and the Australian Bureau of Statistics Household Survey Methodology team describes the process…

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Data use Documentation
Jun 2021

Wave 9C, Survey 2 Weighting and non-response

This paper describes the process of calculating weights for Wave 9C, Survey 1 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, with a focus on the treatment of bias…

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Data use Documentation
Jun 2021

Wave 9C, Survey 2 Missing values in household income over…

This paper describes the process of calculating weights for Wave 9C, Survey 2 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, with a focus on the treatment of bias…

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Data use Documentation
Oct 2020

Wave 8 Weighting and non-response

This paper describes the process of calculating weights for Wave 8 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, with a focus on the treatment of bias

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Data use Documentation
Aug 2020

Factors associated with non‑response in Growing Up in…

This paper aims to guide researchers on LSAC non‑response rates and participation patterns. 

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Data use Documentation
Oct 2019

Parent Living Elsewhere data

This paper provides information about the ‘Parent living elsewhere’ (PLE) data in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC).

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Data use Documentation
Dec 2018

Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) data in the…

This technical paper describes the linkage process between the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC)…

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Data use Documentation
Mar 2018

Wave 7 weighting and non-response

This paper details the methodology used to calculate the weights for the Wave 7 responding sample of Growing Up in Australia.

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Data use Documentation
Jan 2017

A longitudinal measure of socioeconomic position in LSAC

This paper provides a rationale for developing a new socio-economic position (SEP) measure, comparison between SEP measures and recommendations on why and how a…

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Data use Documentation
Jan 2017

Executive functioning – Use of Cogstate measures in the…

This paper aims to provide guidance to researchers on the executive functioning data in LSAC. With LSAC providing the major evidence base for understanding children's…

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Data use Documentation
Jul 2016

Using Australian Childhood Immunisation Register data in…

This paper provides data users with opportunities to use the demographic, social and health information available in LSAC to examine many different issues relating to…

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Data use Documentation
Jun 2016

Using My School data in the Longitudinal Study of…

This paper describes the linkage process and the structure of the My School data linked to the LSAC data; explains how the data were confidentialised; describes the…

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Data use Documentation
May 2015

Wave 6 Weighting and Non-Response

This paper serves describes the response properties and quality of the sample continuing into Wave 6; and the method and implementation of weight calculations to…

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Data use Documentation
Jan 2015

Imputing income in the Longitudinal Study of Australian…

This paper aims to impute missing income data for Parent 1 and Parent 2 using the approach developed for another longitudinal study - the Household, Income and Labour…

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Data use Documentation
Nov 2014

The Times of Their Lives: Collecting time use data from…

This paper reviews the time use diaries used in the study so far, including what information was collected and whether it was collected directly from the children or…

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Data use Documentation
Apr 2014

Parenting measures in the Longitudinal Study of Australian…

This paper investigates the properties of the mother- and father-reported parenting measures used across Waves 1 to 4 for the B (baby) and K (kindergarten) cohorts of…

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Data use Documentation
Mar 2014

Longitudinal analysis of LSAC time diary data:…

This paper focuses on time use diaries and provides a guide on how to use the data from the diaries, and how to get the most out of their longitudinal nature.

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Data use Documentation
Mar 2014

Wave 5 weighting and non response

This paper details the methodology used to calculate the weights for the Wave 5 responding sample of Growing Up in Australia.

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Data use Documentation
Apr 2013

Using National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy …

This paper describes how consent was obtained from parents, matching and linkage processes, sampling and bias issues, how NAPLAN data are stored in the LSAC data file…

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Data use Documentation
Oct 2011

Validating Income in the Longitudinal Study of Australian…

This paper seeks to assess how the measure of income collected in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) compares with measures of income from two large…

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Data use Documentation
Aug 2011

Wave 4 weights

This paper details the methodology used to calculate the weights for the Wave 4 responding sample of Growing Up in Australia.

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Data use Documentation
Aug 2009

Wave 3 weighting and non-response

This paper details the methodology used to calculate the weights for the Wave 3 responding sample of Growing Up in Australia.

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Data use Documentation
Oct 2007

Wave 2 weighting and non-response

This paper details the methodology used to calculate the weights for the Wave 2 sample of Growing Up in Australia.

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Data use Documentation
Jul 2007

Children's time use in the Longitudinal Study of Australian…

This paper analyses the Wave 1 children's time use diaries for the 4-5 year cohort of Growing Up in Australia. The paper demonstrates some of the ways these…

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Data use Documentation
May 2006

Wave 1 weighting and non-response

This paper details the methodology used to calculate the weights for the Wave 1 sample of Growing Up in Australia. This paper should be read in conjunction…

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Data use Documentation
Sep 2005

Summarising children's wellbeing: the LSAC Outcome Index

This paper outlines the full details of the sample design for this cross-sequential study comprising two 12-month age cohorts (infants and children aged 4-5 years…

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Data use Documentation
May 2005

Sample design

This paper outlines the full details of the sample design for this cross-sequential study comprising two 12-month age cohorts (infants and children aged 4-5 years…

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