Funded by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies
ISBN 978-1-921414-00-8
Since the release of Wave 1 data in May 2005, by the end of June 2007 139 individuals had received approval to use the LSAC data: 89 Australian academics (73 staff and 16 students), 40 government agency staff, 4 overseas researchers and 6 others.
Thirty-one per cent of the users are in Victoria and 28 per cent are from the Australian Capital Territory. A further 22 per cent are from New South Wales, with small numbers from Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.
An analysis of the research topics proposed by the data users indicates a predominance of health-related matters, particularly obesity, followed by work and family issues. However, the research interests do cover all of the other domains that the study was established to address - parenting, child care, disadvantage, family functioning, cognitive and behavioural development, social capital, and so on.
The Growing Up in Australia website was established in March 2002. There has been a considerable increase in the number of site visits over the last three years, as shown in Table 14. This table also shows the number of publications that have been downloaded from the website. There is continued strong interest in the Discussion Paper series and quarterly newsletters.
Subscriber numbers to the Growing Up email alert group (growingup-refgroup) totalled 367 at 30 June 2007, an increase of 57 subscribers during the year.
Table 14 - Website visits
| Release date | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total site visits | 57,227 |
85,966 |
107,890 |
|
| All publications | 14,860 |
19,664 |
37,387 |
|
| 2004 Annual Report | 24 May 2005 | 501 |
10,831 |
9,024 |
| 2005-06 Annual Report | 11 December 2006 | 8,026 |
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| Discussion Paper 1 | 27 March 2002 | 3,002 |
17,844 |
15,198 |
| Discussion Paper 2 | 22 September 2003 | 1,483 |
1,721 |
2,987 |
| Discussion Paper 3 | 3 May 2004 | 10,317 |
10,389 |
9,471 |
| Discussion Paper 5 | 28 June 2007 | 196 |
||
| Technical Paper 1 | 26 September 2005 | 2,521 |
3,401 |
|
| Technical Paper 2 | 11 January 2006 | 2,322 |
1,960 |
|
| Technical Paper 3 | 25 May 2006 | 103 |
1,351 |
|
| Newsletters | 7,928 |
8,257 |
12,431 |
|
| Data dictionary | 30 May 2005 | 150 |
2,237 |
2,625 |
Growing Up in Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies,
Level 20, 485 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000, Australia.
Tel: (03) 9214 7888; Fax: (03) 9214 7839;
Web: www.aifs.gov.au/growingup
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