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Overview
Overview In 2004, the parents of over 10,000 children around Australia agreed to take part in Growing Up in Australia : the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). The study is designed to identify policy opportunities for improving support for children and their families and to inform intervention and …
Wave 3 data collection
Wave 3 data collection Fieldwork Wave 3 data collection started in March 2008 and was completed in February 2009. Over this period, interviewers from the ABS interviewed 8,718 families, including 4,386 B cohort families (children aged 4 to 5 years in Wave 3) and 4,332 K cohort families (children aged 8 to 9 years in …
Wave 3 snapshot
Wave 3 snapshot The following information is based on Wave 3 unweighted data, where information refers to all children in the study who participated in Wave 3 unless specified otherwise. These percentages may differ slightly from the estimated proportions in the Australian population. Working lives As might be …
Breastfeeding and infants' time use
Breastfeeding and infants' time use This section is an edited extract from Baxter, J & Smith, J 2009 Breastfeeding and infants' time use , Australian Institute of Family Studies Research Paper no. 43, June 2009. Being breastfed during infancy contributes to a child's nutrition, health and development. Expert …
How well are Australian infants and children aged 4 to 5 years doing?
How well are Australian infants and children aged 4 to 5 years doing? This section is an edited extract from the Social Policy Research Paper no. 36, How well are Australian infants and children aged 4 to 5 years doing? , by Melissa Wake, Ann Sanson, Donna Berthelsen, Pollyanna Hardy, Sebastian Misson, Katherine …
Stress and psychological distress in mothers of infants
Stress and psychological distress in mothers of infants This section presents research by Annemarie Nicol using data from the B cohort of the first wave of Growing Up in Australia . A total of 4,240 mothers of infants were included in the analyses. The capacity of individuals to deal with personal crises and setbacks …
Key personnel
Key personnel AIFS Management Team Executive Project Director Dr Matthew Gray General Manager Diana Smart Project Manager Carol Soloff Design Manager Linda Bencic (2008) Jacqueline Harvey (2009) Data Manager Sebastian Misson Data Administrator Mark Sipthorp Research Officer Brigit Maguire (2009) Siobhan O'Halloran …
Data users and website activities
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 …
Publications and presentations
Publications and presentations Publications Baxter, J 2008a, 'Breastfeeding, employment and leave: an analysis of mothers in Growing Up in Australia', Family Matters , no. 80, pp. 17-26. Baxter, J 2008b, Timing of mothers' return to work after childbearing: variations by job characteristics and leave use , Research …
Data access
Data access Data from Growing Up in Australia : the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children is warehoused at the Australian Institute of Family Studies and available to researchers approved by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Prospective users must …