Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a major study following the development of 10,000 children and families from all parts of Australia. The study commenced in 2004 with two cohorts - families with 4-5 year old children and families with 0-1 year old infants. Growing Up in Australia is investigating the contribution of children's social, economic and cultural environments to their adjustment and wellbeing. A major aim is to identify policy opportunities for improving support for children and their families and for early intervention and prevention strategies.
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Growing Up in Australia and Footprints in Time
LSAC and LSIC Research Conference 2013
13-14 November 2013
Rydges Melbourne, 186 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Latest publications
- Using National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) data in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) | [PDF 1.3 MB]
Technical paper no.8: This paper by Galina Daraganova, Ben Edwards and Mark Sipthorp 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, representativeness of data, and the extent to which NAPLAN data are correlated with the main cognitive and learning measures used in LSAC. - Parental marital status and children’s wellbeing
FaHCSIA Occasional paper No. 46: This paper compares the wellbeing of children whose biological parents are married and those whose parents are cohabiting; it also looks at children in sole-mother families. It uses data from Waves 1 to 3.
- Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Rationale documents
The LSAC rationale documents are available to assist data users by providing information on the scales and items included in the LSAC dataset. The rationale documents are provided in two separate excel spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet presents background information on scales introduced from Waves 1 to 3 and the second includes all items and scales introduced at Wave 4.
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is conducted in partnership between the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).