Download or read book Longitudinal Study of Australian Children written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Growing Up in Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children written by Ann Sanson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discussion paper presents an overview of Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), incorporating descriptions of the rationale for the study, relevance for policy development, the conceptual framework, broad and specific research questions, and study design. The bulk of the paper is taken up with a discussion of current thinking about how the research questions will be addressed, and what data are to be collected.

Download or read book Growing Up in Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Site includes papers, newsletters and information from the nine year study funded by the Department of Family and Community Services.

Download or read book Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong written by Maggie Walter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection by leading Australian Aboriginal scholars uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) to explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are growing up in contemporary Australia. The authors provide an overview of the study, including the Indigenous methodological and ethical framework which guides the analysis. They also address the resulting policy ramifications, alongside the cultural, social, educational and family dynamics of Indigenous children’s lives. Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong will be of interest to students and scholars in the areas of sociology, social work, anthropology and childhood and youth studies.

Download or read book Growing Up in Australia written by Department of Social Services and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing Up in Australia is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. The study is being undertaken in partnership with the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with advice being provided by a consortium of leading researchers from research institutions and universities throughout Australia.

Download or read book Longitudinal Study of Australian Children written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yuendumu written by Tasman Brown and published by University of Adelaide Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive account of a unique pioneering longitudinal study of human growth that continues to contribute to our knowledge and raise new questions 60 years after it commenced. Although over 200 scientific publications have arisen from the study, this book describes, in a single volume, the key researchers involved, the Australian Aboriginal people from Yuendumu who participated in the study, and the main outcomes. The findings have provided new insights into how teeth function, as well as factors affecting oral health and physical growth. General readers, as well as students and researchers, will find much of interest in this volume.

Download or read book The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Annual Statistical Report 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual statistical report series introduces policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners to the wealth of information collected by 'Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC). Each report explores new findings from the study on the factors that influence child wellbeing and development. Chapters in this 2013 report include: Children's views of parents' jobs; Care for children in school holidays; Time use and children's social and emotional wellbeing and temperament; Children's academic engagement and enjoyment in primary school; Eating behaviour: Socio-economic determinants and parental influence; Body image of primary school children; Safe environments, parental concerns and children's unsupervised time, time outdoors, and physical activity; and Fathers' involvement in the lives of their children: separated parents' preferences.

Download or read book Longitudinal Study of Australian Children written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children 2007 08 Annual Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) commenced in 2004. It collects a range of information about the physical health and social, cognitive and emotional development of Australian children over infancy and childhood. The annual report for 2008 provides an overview of the 2007 Wave 2.5 data collection, when children were aged 3-4 years and 7-8 years. It includes feature articles on children's media and technology use, child care usage patterns over time, mothers' attitudes towards their labour force participation, the financial and contact arrangements of separated parents across time, parents' involvement in their children's education, the impact of child care on children's wellbeing, and the amount of time fathers who work long hours are able to spend with their children. It also reports on the 2007 LSAC Research Conference, lists key personnel, and summarises the fields of research in which LSAC data were used and visits to its website. A list of LSAC publications and presentations is included.

Download or read book Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Key Research Questions written by and published by . This book was released on 2009* with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the commencement of 'Growing Up in Australia, The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC) seven broad research questions were established to guide the direction of the study. The seven questions incorporated 14 further specific research questions grouped under the headings of family functioning, health, non-parental child care, education and cross-discipline. The research questions were reviewed in early 2009 to ensure they continue to be relevant given the increasing age of the child, developments in child psychology literature and the changing policy environment.

Download or read book The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual statistical report series introduces policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners to the wealth of information collected by 'Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC). Each report explores new findings from the study on the factors that influence child wellbeing and development. Chapters in this 2015 report include: Grandparents in their young grandchildren's lives; Diversity, complexity and change in children's households; Demographic, attitudinal and psychosocial factors associated with childhood immunisation; Australian children's screen time and participation in extracurricular activities; Pubertal status and emotional, school and social functioning; and Parents' choices of primary school.

Download or read book The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children an Australian Government Initiative written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2010 and 2014, nine issues papers were released investigating data-related issues that had emerged over the first six waves of 'Growing up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC). This document collates all of these issue papers in one place. The papers are designed to assist researchers analysing the LSAC datasets, and cover topics including: issues to be aware of in regard to specific questions, inconsistency in responses between informants on school attendance, cleaning the data from scanned copies of hand written time use diaries, discrepancies on reported height data and on reported smoking inside the home, improving the consistency of income data, and missing data.

Download or read book Growing Up in Australia the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Annual Statistical Report 2017 written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual statistical report series introduces policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners to the wealth of information collected by 'Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC). Each report explores new findings from the study on the factors that influence child wellbeing and development. This 2017 report draws upon the 6 waves of data collection to look at topics in children's development from birth to 15 years old. Chapters in this 2017 report include: Key findings from the Annual Statistical Report 2017; Children's housing experiences; Who do adolescents spend their time with?; Relationships between parents and young teens; Adolescents' relationships with their peers; Adolescent help-seeking; Preschool and children's readiness for school; Kids' care and activities before and after school; Use of technology in the classroom; Eating problems in mid?adolescence; and Children's use of health care.

Download or read book The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annual report for 2011 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) which provides data about children's development within Australia's current social, economic and cultural environment. The report is structured around five themes: family; education; housing, neighbourhood and community; cognitive development and learning; and physical development and health.

Download or read book Children s Time Use in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper by Jennifer Baxter analyses the Wave 1 children's time use diaries for the 4-5 year cohort of Growing Up in Australia. The paper demonstrates some of the ways these time use data can be used, while primarily exploring the missing data in the diaries."--Publisher website.