Study update – Issue 4

Welcome to the 2025 Study Update for Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. This issue, we give you a peak behind the scenes about what’s been happening with the study, share some recent research findings, and introduce you to our new website.

Since our last issue, the Growing Up in Australia team has been hard at work preparing for our upcoming fieldwork activity. In our next survey, we’re exploring the issues you’ve told us matter to you. These include cost of living pressures, food and housing security, environmental and social concerns, and mental health.

Recently, our team published a new research snapshot on friendships in adolescence, which you can find a preview of in this issue.
We are also preparing to release the data you and other young people contributed to from our last survey so that others can learn from what you’ve shared.

Last year, we reached out to participants who hadn’t completed a survey in a while to see if they wanted to reconnect with the study. We’re so happy to be welcoming many of you back during our next fieldwork activity with an invite to complete your survey.

Thank you for your ongoing support of the study. Without it, we couldn’t keep producing research and impacting policy that is creating positive change for young Australians!