Conference papers and presentations

2010

• Baxter, J & Gray, M. (2010, July). How do dual-employed couple parents manage without childcare? Can it be explained by fathers' involvement in childcare? Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Berthelsen, D. & Walker, S. (2010, July). How well are Australian children doing in the first year of school? A demographic analysis. Presentation to the 2nd International Conference on Education, Economy and Society, Paris.
• Berthelsen, D. & Walker, S. (2010, August). Children's home learning environment prior to school and academic competence at age 8 years: An Australian study. Paper presented to the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI SIG5. Learning and Development in Early Childhood), Luzern, Switzerland.
• Bradbury, B., Corak, M., Waldfogel, J., & Washbrook, E. (2010, July). Early child outcomes and parental resources in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Claessens, A., Chen, J., & Msall, M. (2010, July). Early childhood health and school readiness. Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Cooklin, A., Canterford, L., Nicholson, J., & Strazdins, L. (2010, September). The effect of employment conditions on maternal postpartum mental health. Presentation to the Public Health Association of Australia Conference, Adelaide.
• Edwards, B., & Maguire, B. (2010, July). Some findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - the LSAC annual statistical report. Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Harrison, L. (2010, July). Does the type of child care in infancy predict 2-year-olds adaption to group care? Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Hayes, A. (2010, December). Modern Families but Enduring Myths?: Implications for research, policy and practice. Presentation to the 6th Australian Family & Community Strengths Conference, 30 Nov- 3 Dec, University of Newcastle.
• Headley, E., Nicholson, J.M., Wake, M., & Berthelsen, D. (2010, September). Socioeconomic inequalities in children's physical and developmental health. Presentation to the Public Health Association of Australia Conference, Adelaide.
• Headley, E., Nicholson, J.M., Mensah, F., Berthelsen, D., & Wake, M. (2010, October). Impact of socioeconomic position on children's risks for multiple problems in physical, socio-economical and cognitive functioning. Presentation to the Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe, Paphos, Cyprus.
• McGrouther, K. (2010, July) LSAC Sample management and data collection. Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & McCormack, J. (2010, July). Speech impairment in 4- to 5-year-old Australian children: Prevalence, severity and service provision. Paper presented at the 21st Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Lusaka, Zambia.
• McLeod, S., McCormack, J., McAllister, L., & Harrison, L. J. (2010, June). Severity and nature of speech impairment in a community sample of 4- to 5-year-old children. Paper presented at the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA), Oslo, Norway.
• Nicholson, J. (2010, December). Influence of parents' work on children's health and development: Snapshots from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Presentation to the 6th Australian Family & Community Strengths Conference, 30 Nov- 3 Dec, University of Newcastle.
• Nicholson, J., & Strazdins, L. (2010, November). Parents' job quality, parenting and children's emotional development. Presentation to the Family Fortunes and the Global Financial Crisis Symposium, 6 November, Academy of the Social Sciences Australia.
• Nicholson, J.M., Lucas, N., Kilpatrick, N., Neumann, A., & Chapman, J. (2010, October). Inequalities in reported oral health and dental service utilization of Australian children aged 2-3 and 6-7 years. Presentation to the Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe, Paphos, Cyprus.
• Nicholson, J.M., Berthelsen, D., Lucas, N., & Wake, M. (2010, October). Socioeconomic inequalities in physical and developmental health outcomes for Australian children, birth to 6 years. Presentation to the Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe, Paphos, Cyprus.
• Redmond, G., Gubhaju, B., Smart, D., & Katz, I. (2010, July). Parents' education and children's outcomes: is the gradient getting steeper? Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Rogers, H., & Webb, H. (2010, July). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Key research questions an policy applications. Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Sanson, A., Smart, D., & Misson, S. (2010, November). Commonalities and differences in predictors of children’s physical, cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes: Implications for intervention. Presentation to the 2nd Growing Up in Ireland Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
• Sanson, A. (2010, July). Using Longitudinal Research to Improve Child and Youth Well-being through Inter-disciplinary and Inter-sectoral collaboration. Presentation to the ISSBD 21st Biennial International Congress, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Shin, H., Rogers, H., & Bettini, E. (2010, July). Involved fatherhood: does it help a mother's work-family stress? Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Shipley, M., Blakemore, T., & Zubrick, S. (2010, July). Trajectories of family disadvantage in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.
• Soloff, C., & Corey, J. (2010, July). Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australia Children-Sample tracking. Paper presented at the EUCCONET International Workshop "Tracking sample members in longitudinal studies", University of London, London.
• Soloff, C. (2010, July). Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Six Years On! Presentation to the UK Centre for Longitudinal Studies, London.
• Soloff, C. (2010, July). Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Six Years On! Presentation to Growing Up in Ireland, Dublin.
• Strazdins, L. (2010, December). Family Assets? Pushed for time. Families, health and time scarcity. Presentation to the 6th Australian Family & Community Strengths Conference, 30 Nov- 3 Dec, University of Newcastle.
• Taylor, M., Edwards, B., & Gray, M. (2010, July). Area level unemployment and children's development in New South Wales. Presentation to the 11th Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, Melbourne.

2009

• 2nd Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, December 2009 - all available presentations
• Berthelsen, D., Walker, S., & Nicholson, J. (2009, August). How well are Australian children doing in their first year of school? Paper presented at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Bittman, M., & Chalmers, J. (2009, July). Investing in working families: Which policies promote the best balance of time and money for parents and children? [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Blakemore, T., & Shipley, M. (2009, July). Whom do we reach? Exploring health and community service use by Australian families with young children [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Brown, J. (2009, July). The impact of socio-economic background on the association between television viewing and developmental outcomes among young Australian children [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Edwards, B., Fiorini, M., & Taylor, M. (2009, July). Does it matter at what age children start school in Australia? Investigating the effects of school starting age on six-year old children's outcomes [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Fenech, M., Sweller, N., & Harrison, L. (2009, July). Identifying high quality centre-based childcare using quantitative data sets: What the numbers do and don't tell us [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Hand, K., Berthelsen, D., Walker, S., & Nicholson, J. (2009, July). The quality of teacher-child relationships for young children with parent reported language concerns [PDF 78 KB]. Paper presented at the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, Adelaide.
• Khanam, R., Ngheim, H.S., & Connelly, L.B. (2009, July). Child health and income gradient in Australia: The role of chronic conditions. Paper presented at iHEA 7th World Congress on Health Economics International Health Economic Association, Beijing.
• Khanam, R., Ngheim, H.S., & Connelly, L.B. (2009, September). Child health and chronic conditions: Does income mediate? Paper presented at the 38th Australian Conference of Economists, Adelaide.
• Khanam, R., Ngheim, H.S., & Connelly, L.B. (2009, October). Does maternity leave affect child health? Evidence form Parental Leave in Australia survey. Paper presented at the 31st Australian Conference of Health Economists, Tasmania.
• Lucas, N., Kilpatrick, N., Neumann, A., Chapman, J., & Nicholson, J. (2009, September). Inequalities in reported oral health and dental service utilization of Australian children aged 2-3 and 6-7 years. Paper presented at the Public Health Association of Australia Conference, Canberra.
• McLeod, S. Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & McCormack, J. (2009, December). Prevalence of communication impairment in 4- to 5-year-old Australian children. Paper presented at the HCSNet Event: The Australian Language and Speech Conference, Sydney.
• Nicholson, J., Berthelsen, D., Lucas, N., & Wake, M. (2009, August). Socio-economic inequalities in physical, behavioural and cognitive outcomes for Australian children, birth to 6 years. Paper presented at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Nicol, A. (2009, July). What event matters? Exploring the relationship between stressful events and psychological distress in mothers of infants [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Sanson, A., Smart, D., Baxter, J., Edwards, B., & Hayes, A. (2009, July). Home to school transitions for financially disadvantaged children: Findings from LSAC Waves 1 and 2 [PDF 3.10 MB]. Paper presented at the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, Adelaide.
• Shipley, M., & Blakemore, T. (2009, July). Parenting in place: Exploring parenting behaviours and socioeconomic position in the context of neighbourhoods [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Smart, D., Sanson, A., Baxter, J., Edwards, B., & Hayes, A. (2009, July). Home to school transitions for financially disadvantaged children: findings from Growing up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 11th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Smart, D., Sanson, A., Baxter, J., Edwards, B. & Hayes, A. (2009, June). School readiness and vulnerable children. Paper presented at the Resilient Families Need Resilient Workers Symposium, Melbourne.
• Soloff, C. (2009, July). Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Study overview [PDF 3.36 MB]. Paper presented at the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, Adelaide.
• Soloff, C. (2009, November) Data linkage: Benefits and pitfalls. Paper presented at the Longitudinal Methods Workshop, Canberra.
• Walker, S., & Berthelsen, D. (2009, August). Gender difference in children's classroom behaviour and teacher-child relationships in early childhood: An Australian Study. Paper presented at the 14th European Conference for Developmental Psychology, Lithuania.

2008

• Baxter, J. (2008, July). Is money the main reason mothers return to work after childbearing? A quantitative analysis of reasons by timing of return, use of leave and other factors . Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association, Alice Springs.
• Baxter, J. (2008, July). Parental time with children and children's activities: An analysis of Australian time use diaries of 4-5 year olds [PDF 5.1 MB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Baxter, J., & Gray, M. (2008, June). Parents who don't use childcare: Who provides the care in working couple families with infants? Paper presented at the 17th Annual conference of the International Association for Feminists Economics, Torino, Italy.
• Baxter, J., Renda, J., Alexander, M., Whitehouse, G., & Baird, M. (2008, July). What mothers want: Exploring the policies mothers say would help after the birth of a child [PDF 936 KB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Bencic, L., & Parker, R. (2008, July). How important is marriage to Australians' health, wealth and happiness? Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association, Alice Springs.
• Bencic, L., & Parker, R. (2008, July). The health, financial and relationship wellbeing of Australian couples: Does marriage matter? [PDF 1.3 MB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Blakemore, T. (2008, July). Capital in context profiling the developmental contexts of children across a socio-economic gradient [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Brinkman, S., Silburn, S., Lawrence, D., Sayers, M., Goldfeld, S., & Oberklaid, F. (2008, July). Validity of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) [PDF 4.8 MB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Brown, J. (2008, July). A balancing act: Can competing family policy objectives be met? [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Brown, J., & Bittman, B. (2008, July). Social gradient, lifestyle and overweight/obesity in four year old children [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Brown, J., Nicholson, J., Broom, D., & Bittman, M. (2008, December). Do working parents grow couch potato kids? Paper presented at the International Association for Time Use Research, Sydney.
• Chen, J., Qu, L., & Hillman, K. (2008, April). Disentangling the complex causal pathways of health service utilizations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants in a large Australian representative cohort - from the 1M model to the 5M model. Paper presented at the 2nd CRIAH Aboriginal Health Research Conference: Strong foundations, strong future, Sydney.
• Edwards, S. (2008, July). For the want of a nail: 'Parenting' the overlooked policy in Australia's social policy agenda? [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Gray, M., & Baxter, J. (2008, July). The labour market and financial consequences of relationship breakdown and re-partnering of mothers with young children [PDF 1.4 MB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Harrison, L. J. &McLeod, S. (2008, November). School adjustment and achievement in children identified as having speech and language impairment at age 4-5 years. Paper presented to the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane.
• Hosking, A., Whitehouse, G., & Baxter, J. (2008, July). Paternity leave and father's involvement in the care of an infant: Time diary evidence from Australia [PDF 419 KB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Losoncz, I. (2008, July). The relationship between child support compliance and its predictors: Evidence from two waves of lsac data [PDF 1.0 MB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2008, June). Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in Australian children aged 4 to 5 years: Prevalence, risk and protective factors. Paper presented to the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
• McLeod, S. & Harrison, L. J. (2008, October). Teacher and parent concern about children's speech and language: Prevalence, risk and protective factors identified in LSAC. Paper presented at the Early Childhood Australia National Conference, Canberra.
• Misson, S. (2008, July). Determining the effects of housing costs on the well-being of Australian families [PDF 1.6 MB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Qu, L., Chen, J,. & Hillman, K. (2008, April). The comparison of health service utilisations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants in a large Australian representative cohort. Paper presented at the 2nd CRIAH Aboriginal Health Research Conference: Strong foundations, strong future, Sydney.
• Smart, D. (2008, July). Do Australian children today have more problems than 20 years ago? [PDF 6.4 MB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Soloff, C. (2008, October). Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Study methodology and background. Paper presented at the Early Childhood Australia Biennial National Conference, Canberra.
• Wake, M., Sanson, A., Smith, K., & Berthelsen, D. (2008, July). Child and maternal health predictors of physical, social/emotional and learning outcomes in infants and preschoolers [Abstract]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.
• Yap, M., & Biddle, N. (2008, July). Preschool education: Who is attending and does attendance influence early school performance [PDF 518 KB]. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families Through Life, Melbourne.

2007

• 2007 Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference - all presentations
• Baxter, J., & Alexander, M. (2007, July). Mothers' work-family strain in single and couple parent families: The role of job characteristics and supports. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Baxter, J., Gray, M., & Alexander, M. (2007, December). Working families' use of child care [PDF 981 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Reserach Conference, Melbourne.
• Baxter, J., & Hayes, A. (2007, July). Days of their lives: Developmental implications and correlates of how four year olds spend their time. 15th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association Conference, Sydney.
• Baxter, J., Qu, L., & Weston, R. (2007, December). Family structure, quality of the co-parental relationship, post-separation parenting and children's socio-emotional wellbeing [PDF 2.8 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Berthelsen, D., Walker, S., & Nicholson, J. M. (2007, March). Linking child and family characteristics to children's early learning competence: An Australian study. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston.
• Berthelsen, D., & Walker, S. (2007, December). Parent involvement and children's early learning competence in literacy and mathematical understanding and approaches to learning [PDF 4.7 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Bittman, M., & Brown, J. (2007, July). New light on the overscheduled child controversy: evidence on children's activities and children's outcomes from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Bittman, M., & Brown, J. (2007, December). Hyper-parenting? How scheduled activities affect children's language acquisition, schooling and mental health. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Blakemore, T. (2007, December). Profiling child care arrangements and outcomes over time: Analysis of three waves of data from "Growing up in Australia" LSAC [PDF 2.8 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Bradbury, B. (2007, December). Why do the children of young parents have poorer outcomes? [PDF 219 KB] Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Brinkman, S., & Silburn, S. (2007, December). AEDI Concurrent and Predictive Validity [PDF 14.8 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Brinkman, S., & Silburn, S. (2007, December). Investigating the validity of the Australian Early Development Index. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Brown, J., Bittman, M., & Hine, D. (2007, December). Time and money: Parental employment, income and developmental outcomes in four to five year old children. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Reserach Conference, Melbourne.
• Brown, J. (2007, July). The influence of parental employment on how children spend their day. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Caldwell, T., Hutchison, D., & Rodgers, B. (2007, December). Prevalence of alcohol misuse amongst parents of infants and young children. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Chen, J., & Qu, L. (2007, December). Clusters of injuries and chronic health conditions and their changes between baseline and follow-up of the kindergarten cohort [PDF 954 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Craike, M. (2007, July). The buffering effect of enjoyment and participation in leisure-time physical activity on the depression of mothers of infants. Paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association Conference, Eastbourne, UK.
• Donath, S., & Amir, L. (2007, December). Maternal alcohol consumption and diet, and initiation and duration of breastfeeding. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Edwards, B., & Bromfield, L. (2007, July). Neighbourhood influences on young children's emotional and behavioural problems and prosocial behavior: Evidence from an Australian national sample. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Edwards, B., Sawyer, M., & Pfeiffer, S. (2007, December). Pathways of neighbourhood influences through the family: How do neighbourhood social processes influence young children's emotional and behavioural problems? [PDF 6.5 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Emerson, E., Llewellyn, G., McCulloch, A., Hatton, C., Blacher, J., & Graham, H. (2007, December). Child Disability and Parental Well-Being [PDF 154 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Fiorini, M. (2007, December). The effect of home computer use on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills [PDF 402 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Gray, M., & Baxter, J. (2007, December). The labour market and financial consequences of relationship breakdown and re-partnering for mothers with young children [PDF 1.5 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Harrison, L., & McLeod, S. (2007, December). Risk factors associated with speech and language impairment at 4-5 years of age [PDF 5.9 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Harrison, L. (2007, December). The child care question: Is social-emotional development at age 2-3 years affected by children's experience of non-parental child care? Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Hawkins, M., Sanson, A., & the LSAC Outcome Index Working Group. (2007,December). The structure and validation of an index of child development. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Hay, D. (2007, December). One child in 33 is a twin or higher multiple - using the LSAC data to identify the needs of multiple birth families [PDF 3.9 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Hayes, A, Gray, M., & Baxter, J. (2007, June). The wellbeing of families: Conceptual issues and unique insights from Growing up in Australia. Presentation to the National Family Wellbeing Symposium, Canberra.
• Hiscock, H., Canterford, L., & Wake, M. (2007, December). Infant sleep problems: Natural history and predictors [PDF 938 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Katz, I. (2007). Resilience and diversity in children and families. Paper presented at Australia's Welfare 2007 conference: Disadvantage and diversity, Canberra.
• Katz, I., & Redmond, G. (2007, December). Why do rich children have better outcomes? An analysis of the LSAC 'K' cohort [PDF 363 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Losoncz, I., & Talevich, C. (2007, December). Factors influencing compliance with child support obligation [PDF 1.3 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2007, November). Prevalence of communication impairment in Australian children. Poster session presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston.
• McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J.  (2007, November). Prevalence of speech impairment in 4,983 four-five-year-old Australian children. Poster session presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston.
• Nicholson, J., Zubrick, S., Smith, G., & Sanson, A. (2007, December). The role of non-resident parents in the lives of their infants and 4-year old children: Contact, contributions, conflict and children's outcomes. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Rothman, S., Ainley, J., & Hillman, K. (2007, December). The measurement of determinants of growth in receptive vocabulary. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Sanson, A. (2007, 5-8 July). Growing up in Australia: A view on the past, present and future of the study of children's development. Keynote presentation to the 15th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Conference, Sydney.
• Shields, M. Johnston, D., & Shah, M. (2007, December). Nature's experiment? Handedness, child time use and early childhood development. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Shipley, M., Strazdins, L., Broom, D., & Matthews, R. (2007, July). His and hers jobs: When the quality of partners' jobs matter. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Smart, D., & Sanson, A. (2007, December). Do today's Australian children have more problems than they did twenty years ago? [PDF 6.7 MB] Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Smith, J., & Baxter, J. (2007, December). Breastfeeding, infants' and mothers' time use: A comparison of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and Time Use Survey of New Mothers (TUSNM) [PDF 4.7 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Smith, J., Baxter, J., & Ellwood, M. (2007, December). Comparison of time use data in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and Time Use Survey of New Mothers (TUSNM) to identify breastfeeding patterns and the influence of various background variables. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Conference, Melbourne.
• Smith, K., Wake, M., & Nicholson, J. (2007, December). Do parenting styles of mothers and fathers influence prevalence and progression of obesity from the preschool to school years? Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Soloff, C. (2007, July). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Latest information. Paper presented at the 10th Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Soloff, C. (2007, July). An update on Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Conference, Sydney.
• Soloff, C. (2007, October). Breastfeeding and children's outcomes. Paper presented at the Child, Adolescent and Family Health Conference, Noosa.
• Strazdins, L. (2007, December). Can we make jobs really family friendly? Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Strazdins, L., & Shipley, M. (2007, December). Child's work? How jobs can be really family friendly. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Strazdins, L., Shipley, M., George, E., & Rodgers, B. (2007, March). Work, family and the mental health of working parents and their children. Paper presented at the Rotary District Conference, Canberra.
• Ungerer, J., & Harrison, L. (2007, July). Findings on child care choices from the longitudinal study of Australian children. Paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Conference, Sydney.
• Wake, M., Nicholson, J.M., Hardy, P., & Smith, K. (2007, May). Preschooler obesity and parenting styles of mothers and fathers: National population study. Paper presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
• Walker, S., & Berthelsen, D. (2007, December). Exploring gender differences in literacy and mathematical understandings in the early years of school: Can differences be explained by behaviours in the classroom? [PDF 2.0 MB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Whitehouse, G. (2007, October). Maternity/parental leave duration in Australia - perspectives on optimality. Paper presented at the 4th Annual conference of the International Network on Leave Politics and Research, Budapest.
• Whitehouse, G., Baird, M., & Hosking, A. (2007). Maternity leave in Australia: patterns of use and return to work. Paper presented at the 21st Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand Conference: Diverging employment relations pattern in Australia and New Zealand.
• Whitehouse, G., Hosking, A., & Baird, M. (2007, December). Investigating the optimal duration of maternity leave: Evidence from the Parental Leave in Australia Survey [PDF 543 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Yu, M., Ziviani, J. Baxter, J,. & Haynes, M. (2007, December). Conduct disorder in young children: The impact of parenting style, time use and social context. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & Waters, A. (2007, December). The interrelationships of parenting and children's temperament: Implications for emotional and social problems [PDF 479 KB]. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Zubrick, S. (2007, December). Parenting quality and the developmental status of young Australian children: Contexts and pathways. Paper presented at the Inaugural Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, Melbourne.

2006

• Baxter, J. (2006, December). Children's time use in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Data quality and analytical issues in the 4-year cohort. Paper presented at the ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference, Sydney.
• Baxter, J., & Alexander, M. (2006, December). A Day in the Life of a 4-year old: The Effect of Parental Employment. Paper presented at the Australian Population Association 13th Biennial Conference, Adelaide.
• Blakemore, T. (2006). Examining potential risk factors, pathways and processes associated with childhood injury in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 'STAR' Research Seminar Series, Canberra.
• Blakemore, T., Gibbings, J., & Strazdins, L. (2006, December). Measuring the socio-economic position of families in HILDA & LSAC. Paper presented at the ACSPRI Conference, Sydney.
• Bradbury, B. (2006, December). Which measures of family economic resources are most strongly associated with child outcomes? [Abstract]. Paper presented at the ACSPRI Conference, Sydney.
• Edwards, B. (2006, July). Residential mobility and neighbourhood effects: A possible mechanism for explaining the effects of single parents on children's social and emotional outcomes? Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne.
• Gray, M., Misson, S., & Hayes, A. (2006, July). Parental separation and the role of grandparents in young children's lives. Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne.
• Joshi, H., Ward, K., Baxter, J., Gray, M., & Sanson, A. (2006, September). Mothers' employment and mental health in the first year of a child's life: A contrast between two maternity leave regimes. Paper presented at the International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford.
• Kortt, M. (2006, February). Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the NIFTeY National Conference, Sydney.
• Losoncz, I. (2006, December). LSAC data on the circumstances and characteristics of families with child support entitlement. Paper presented at the ACSPRI Conference, Sydney.
• McLeod, S., & Harrison, L. (2006, July). Prevalence of Australian children with communication impairments in the early childhood years. Poster presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne.
• Nicholson, J.M. (2006, September). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Preliminary findings from the first Wave. Opening Keynote Address, Griffith Psychological Health Research Centre, Annual Conference, Brisbane.
• Nicholson, J., Strazdins, L., & Bittman, M. (2006, July). Impact of parental employment conditions on parents' daily activities with their children. Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne.
• Nicholson, J., Zubrick, S., & Sanson, A. (2006, December). Parenting and couple relationships in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children [Abstract]. Paper presented at the ACSPRI Conference, Sydney.
• Nicholson, J.M., Zubrick, S.R., Smith, G.J., & Sanson, A.V. (2006, November). The role of non-resident parents in the lives of their infant and 4-year old children: Contact, contributions, conflict and children's outcomes. Paper presentation at 4th National Conference of the Queen Elizabeth Centre - Early Childhood: Evidence into Practice, Melbourne.
• Sanson, A. (2006, September). Research questions and initial findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford.
• Sanson, A. (2006, November). Supporting children's social and emotional wellbeing: Longitudinal research and its implications for policy and practice. Paper presented at the 4th National Conference of the Queen Elizabeth Centre - Early Childhood: Evidence into Practice, Melbourne.
• Sanson, A., & Soloff, C. (2006, September). Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Poster presented at the International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford.
• Sanson, A., Misson, S., & the LSAC Research Consortium (2006, December). Derivation and validation of the LSAC Outcome Index [Abstract]. Paper presented at the ACSPRI Conference, Sydney.
• Soloff, C. (2006, September). Sample recruitment and maintenance for "Growing Up in Australia". Poster presented at the International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford.
• Soloff, C. (2006, December). Growing Up in Australia: A study of change in children and their families. Paper presented at the Australian Population Association 13th Biennial Conference, Adelaide.
• Soloff, C., & Harrison, L. (2006, September). Enhancing longitudinal studies by linkage to national databases: "Growing Up in Australia", The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford.
• Strazdins, L., & Shipley, M. (2006). Policy perspective: the intersection of economic, social and health policy agendas in addressing issues of work/life integration. Paper presented at the Queensland Department of Industrial Relations and the Centre for Work, Leisure and Community Studies, Griffith University: Balancing work-life conference, Brisbane.
• Strazdins, L., George, E., Shipley, M., Sawyer, M., Rodgers, B., & Nicholson, J. (2006, July). Work, family and children's well-being: Which jobs make a difference? Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne.
• Ungerer, J., Harrison, L., & the LSAC Consortium (2006, July). Gender differences in children's relationships with teachers and school readiness: Results form the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne.
• Wake, M. (2006, September). Preschool overweight/obesity in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Prevalence, socio-demographic correlates and future data possibilities. Paper presented at the International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford.
• Wake, M., & Bittman, M. (2006, July). Overweight/obesity and preschoolers' activity patterns: Insights from the Children's Light Time-Use Diary. Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne.
• Wake, M., Hardy, P., Canterford, L., Sawyer, M., & Carlin, J.B. (2006, September). Overweight, obesity and girth of Australian preschoolers: Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates. Poster presented at the 10th International Congress on Obesity, Sydney.
• Whitehouse, G. (2006, November). Parental leave and return to work in Australia: influences on mothers' perceptions of changed career opportunities. Paper presented at the International Network on Leave Policies and Research: 3rd International Seminar, Lisbon.

2005

• Blakemore, T. (2005, February). Risk factors for injury in early childhood: First findings from Wave 1 of Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at Families Matter, 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Blakemore, T. (2005, July). Examining potential risk factors, pathways and processes associated with childhood injury in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
• Blakemore, T. (2005, July). Risk factors for injury in early childhood: First findings from Wave 1 of Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the Social Policy Research Centre Conference, Sydney.
• Blakemore, T. (2005, August). Examining the relative influence of social, economic, environmental and family risk factors associated with childhood injury in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the ARACY Conference, Sydney.
• Chevalier, P., Wilson, K., Sanson, A., & Morehead, A. (2005, February). Long-term research program for LSAC. Paper presented at Families Matter, 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Dickenson, J., & Johnstone, R. (2005, February). Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - Early data. Paper presented at Families Matter, 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Harrison, L. (2005, September). A Research journey ... The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Keynote Address for the Annual Early Childhood Services Conference, Independent Education Union, Sydney.
• Harrison, L. with Berthelsen, D., Ungerer, J,. & the LSAC Consortium (2005, January). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC): What will it tell us about early childhood services? Paper presented at the Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Annual Conference, Melbourne.
• Harrison, L., Ungerer, J., & Berthelsen, D. (2005, September). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Examining child health and wellbeing in early childhood care and education settings. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of Early Childhood Australia, Brisbane.
• Misson, S. (2005, July). Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - Early data [PDF 1.3 MB]. Paper presented at 14th Biennial Australasian Human Development Conference, Perth.
• Misson, S. (2005, July). Summarising children's wellbeing: The Growing Up in Australia outcome index [PDF 947 KB]. Paper presented at 14th Biennial Australasian Human Development Conference, Perth.
• Nicholson, J.M. (2005, February.) Overview of family functioning measures. Paper presented at the Symposium on the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Sanson, A., & Misson, S. (2005, February). Summarising children's wellbeing: The LSAC outcome index. Paper presented at Families Matter, 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Wada, M. (2005, July). Long-term research program for Growing Up in Australia. Paper presented at 14th Biennial Australasian Human Development Conference, Perth.
• Whitehouse, G., & Soloff, C. (2005, February). Parental leave and return to work: The design and implementation of a national survey. Paper presented at Families Matter, 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Zubrick, S., Wake, M., Ungerer, J., Harrison, L., Berthelsen, D., & Nicholson, J. (2005, February). Overview of measurement in Growing Up in Australia [Abstract]. Paper presented at Families Matter, 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.

2004

• Berthelsen, D. (2004, March). An introduction to Growing Up in Australia: the longitudinal study of Australian children. Paper presented at the Brisbane Combined Interagency Forum Day: The Importance of the Early Years, Brisbane.
• Brosnan, K. (2004, October). The power of the interviewer. Paper presented at the Australian Market and Social Research Association 2004 Adaptation Conference, Melbourne.
• Johnstone, R. (2004, September). Growing Up in Australia: A unique data resource for researchers. Paper presented at the Australian Population Association Biennial Conference, Canberra.
• Johnstone, R. (2004, September). Growing Up in Australia: Wave 1 data. Paper presented at the Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Sydney.
• Millward, C. (2004, March). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - An Overview. Talk presented to the Knox Rotary Club, City of Knox, Melbourne.
• Nicholson J.M. (2004, December). Life-course perspectives on mental health: the uses and abuses of longitudinal data. Paper presented at the Symposium: Life Course Perspectives on Mental Health, convened by the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health and the Centre for Mental Health Research, ANU, Canberra.
• Rush, J., & Soloff, C. (2004, October). Sampling and information needs determining approach for Growing Up in Australia. Paper presented at the Australian Market and Social Research Association 2004 Adaptation Conference, Melbourne.
• Sanson, A., Vimpani, G., & the LSAC Consortium Advisory Group. (2004, January). Growing Up in Australia - the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Poster presented at the World Association for Infant Mental Health World Congress, Melbourne.
• Soloff, C., with Sanson, A., & the LSAC Consortium. (2004, July). Finding the children for Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children [PDF 2.8 MB]. Paper presented at the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) Conference, Auckland.
• Ungerer, J. (2004, April). Growing Up in Australia: the longitudinal study of Australian children - an overview. Paper presented at the Epidemiology Special Interest Group Meeting, Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health, Sydney.

2003

• Berthelsen, D. (2003, August). Growing Up in Australia: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at National Conference of Playgroup Australia: Best Practice, Brisbane.
• Fischer, K., Bittman, M., Sanson, A., Wake, M., & the LSAC consortium (2003, September). Monitoring activity patterns of young children - recent experience with 'Growing Up In Australia'. Paper presented at the International Association of Time Use Research Annual Meeting, Brussels.
• Millward, C. (2003, February). The Growing Up in Australia study content: What are we asking, who are we asking and why? [PDF 246 KB] Paper presented at the 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Millward, C. (2003, February) The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - An Overview. Talk presented to the Board of Berry Street Children's Services, Melbourne.
• Millward, C. (2003, July). The Growing Up In Australia Study content: What are we asking, who are we asking and why? Paper presented at Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) Conference, Auckland.
• Sanson, A., with Nicholson, J. (2003, February). Growing Up in Australia: The longitudinal study of Australian children. Why do it? What is it? Where is it at? What will it offer? Paper presented at the 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Sanson, A., Nicholson, J., Project Operations Team, Consortium Advisory Group & Ungerer, J. (2003, July). Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - Background and current status. Paper presented at the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) Conference, Auckland.
• Sanson, A. with Ungerer, J., Harrison, L., Wise, S., & the LSAC Consortium (2003, April). Child Care in Perspective in Australia: The new Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Tampa, Florida.
• Sanson, A. (2003, September) Growing Up in Australia, the new longitudinal study of Australia's children. Paper presented at the Colloquium at the Department of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong.
• Sanson, A., & Soloff, C. (2003, March) Growing Up in Australia - The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Presentation to the Health Insurance Commission, Canberra.
• Soloff, C. (2003, February). Finding the children for Growing Up in Australia: The longitudinal study of Australian children [PDF 58 KB]. Paper presented at the 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne.
• Soloff, C. (2003, July) Sample design for Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Key features, challenges and solutions. Paper presented at the Australian Human Development Association Conference, Auckland.
• Wake, M. (2003, March). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - Growing Up in Australia. Paper presented at the VicHealth Public Health Research Symposium, Melbourne.
• Wake, M. (2003). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - Growing Up in Australia. Paper presented at the International Child Health Services Research Meeting, Washington DC.

2002

• Sanson, A. (2002, November). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Presentation to Frozen Futures? A conference exploring the effects of early stress on later outcomes, Australian Association for Infant Mental Health, Inc. and NIFTey, University of Sydney, Sydney.
• Sanson, A. (2002, December). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: An overview of a major new research initiative. Presentation to the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Brisbane.
• Soloff, C. (2002, October). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Presentation to the ABS Victorian Social Statistics Consultative Group, Melbourne.
• Soloff, C. (2002, October). The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: An introduction. Presentation to the APA Biennial Conference, Sydney.

2001

• Wilson, K. (2001, March). Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the Children, Young People and Communities - The Future is in Our Hands Conference, Launceston.
• Dickenson, J., & Grant, M. (2001, December). Developing the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children [DOC 265 KB]. Paper presented at Family Strengths: Everybody's Business, Everybody's Gain - The 2nd Australian Conference on Building Family Strengths, Newcastle.

2000

• Nicholson, J.M. (2000, May). The proposed Millennium Generation Longitudinal Study: strategies for designing a Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Paper presented at the Department of Family and Community Services Panel Data and Policy Conference, Canberra.