TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing Longitudinal Studies by Linkage to National Databases
T2 - Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
AU - Soloff, Carol
AU - Sanson, Ann
AU - Wake, Melissa
AU - Harrison, Linda
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = December; Journal title (773t) = International Journal of Social Research Methodology. ISSNs: 1364-5579;
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Growing Up in Australia is a national longitudinal study of the development and wellbeing of 10,000 Australian children. The study has been committed since inception to support data linkage to other datasets, to value-add to the primary modes of data collection from parents and others. It can increase the efficiency of data collection by reducing respondent and interviewer burden as well as adding new dimensions to addressing key research questions. The viability of data lindage needs to take into account the relevance of the data for research adn policy, as well as data quality and cost, privacy and consent issues and the ease of access. This article documents the various sources for data linkage considered for Growing Up in Australia, including government health and education records, child care accreditation data, and community-level data, and examines the strengths and challenges associated with each.
AB - Growing Up in Australia is a national longitudinal study of the development and wellbeing of 10,000 Australian children. The study has been committed since inception to support data linkage to other datasets, to value-add to the primary modes of data collection from parents and others. It can increase the efficiency of data collection by reducing respondent and interviewer burden as well as adding new dimensions to addressing key research questions. The viability of data lindage needs to take into account the relevance of the data for research adn policy, as well as data quality and cost, privacy and consent issues and the ease of access. This article documents the various sources for data linkage considered for Growing Up in Australia, including government health and education records, child care accreditation data, and community-level data, and examines the strengths and challenges associated with each.
KW - Administration and management
KW - Educational policy
KW - Sociology of education
U2 - 10.1080/13645570701677060
DO - 10.1080/13645570701677060
M3 - Article
SN - 1364-5579
VL - 10
SP - 349
EP - 363
JO - International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice
JF - International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice
IS - 5
ER -