Staff Profile

Mark Sipthorp
Data Manager

BA(Comm), BA (Computing)

Biography

Mark Sipthorp is a researcher who joined the Institute in 2006, to work on the Growing Up in Australia - Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Since mid 2006, he has been involved in the data management of the project.

Specialist areas

• Data Management

Current research activities

Data Management for the following projects:


• Growing Up in Australia – Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
• Stronger Families in Australia
• Pathways of Care

Selected recent publications

• Misson, S., Sanson, A., Berthelsen, D., Rogers, H., Rothman, S., Sipthorp, M., & Wake, M. (2011) Tracking children's development over time: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Outcome Indices, Waves 2 and 3, AIFS Research Paper No. 50. Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.
• Daragonova, G. & Sipthorp, M. (2011). Wave 4 weights, LSAC Technical Paper No 9. (PDF 4.1 MB) Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.
• Sipthorp, M. & Misson, S. (2009). Wave 3 weighting and non-response, LSAC Technical Paper No 6. (PDF 2.5 MB) Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.