Data users and website activities

At the end of the 2009-10 financial year there were approximately 370 registered users of LSAC data. Twenty-four per cent of users were from Victoria and New South Wales, 19 per cent were from the Australian Capital Territory and 15 per cent were from Queensland. A small number of data users were from South Australia, Western Australia and overseas and no data users registered from the Northern Territory or Tasmania.

The Growing Up in Australia website, <http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/(link is external)>, established in March 2002, undertook changes in 2009-10, with links now available for participants to update their contact details online. Links also allow participants to easily access updates from the study. The website has areas to cater for study participants (children and parents), data users, researchers and policy makers. There continues to be an ongoing interest in publications and papers produced on the LSAC study, as illustrated in the table below.