Data users and website activities
At the end of the 2008-09 financial year there were 244 registered users of LSAC data. Thirty-two per cent of users are in the Australian Capital Territory, 26 per cent are in Victoria and 14 per cent are in New South Wales. There are also a small number of users based overseas and in all other Australian states except Tasmania.
The Growing Up In Australia website, <http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/>(link is external)(Opens in a new tab/window), was established in March 2002. There continues to be a steady increase in the number of website visits, as shown in Table 8. Website downloads indicate there is continuing, strong interest in publications from the study.
| Release date | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Annual Report | 24 May 2005 | 501 | 10,831 | 9,024 | 5,183 | 2,747 |
| 2005-06 Annual Report | 11 December 2006 | 8,026 | 4,817 | 1,339 | ||
| 2006-07 Annual Report | 19 June 2008 | 2,938 | 4,122 | |||
| 2007-08 Annual Report | 3 December 2008 | 1,970 | ||||
| Discussion Paper 1: Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children | 27 March 2002 | 3,002 | 17,844 | 15,198 | 4,927 | 3,734 |
| Discussion Paper 2: Proposed study design and Wave 1 data collection | 22 September 2003 | 1,483 | 1,721 | 2,987 | 2,830 | 1,743 |
| Discussion Paper 3: Data management issues | 3 May 2004 | 10,317 | 10,389 | 9,471 | 9,104 | 1,574 |
| Discussion Paper 5: Wave 2 data management issues | 28 June 2007 | 196 | 2,182 | 1,573 | ||
| Technical Paper 1: Sample design | 26 September 2005 | 2,521 | 3,401 | 4,702 | 8,823 | |
| Technical Paper 2: Summarising children's wellbeing: the LSAC Outcome Index (PDF 1.4 MB) | 11 January 2006 | 2,322 | 1,960 | 1,945 | 1,454 | |
| Technical Paper 3: Wave 1 weighting and non‑response | 25 May 2006 | 103 | 1,351 | 1,188 | 1,165 | |
| Technical Paper 4: Children's time use in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children | July 2007 | 1,896 | 1,392 | |||
| Technical Paper 5: Wave 2 weighting and non‑response | October 2007 | 671 | 1,210 | |||
| Newsletters | 160; | 7,928 | 8,257 | 12,431 | 18,589 | 20,699 |
| Data dictionary | 30 May 2005 | 150 | 2,237 | 2,625 | 1,931 | 2,374 |
| Total publication downloads | 160; | 23,381 | 56,225 | 66,670 | 62,903 | 55,919 |
| Total site visits | 160; | 57,227 | 85,966 | 107,890 | 155,144 | 182,263 |
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