Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC)

Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a major study following the development of 10,000 children and families across Australia. The study tracks the children’s development and life course trajectories in today’s economic, social and political environment. LSAC commenced in 2004 with two cohorts of 5,000 children each, aged 4 – 5 and 0 – 1 years.

LSAC is conducted through a partnership between the Department of Social Services, the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. A group of leading researchers from universities around Australia provide content and methodology advice.

The LSAC data is available from the ADA Dataverse catalogue at: https://dataverse.ada.edu.au/dataverse/lsac