At the end of the 2008-09 financial year there were 244 registered users of LSAC data. Thirty-two per cent of users are in the Australian Capital Territory, 26 per cent are in Victoria and 14 per cent are in New South Wales. There are also a small number of users based overseas and in all other Australian states except Tasmania.
The Growing Up In Australia website, <http://www.aifs.gov.au/growingup/>, was established in March 2002. There continues to be a steady increase in the number of website visits, as shown in Table 8. Website downloads indicate there is continuing, strong interest in publications from the study.
Table 8: Website visits and downloads
| |
Release date |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
| 2004 Annual Report |
24 May 2005 |
501 |
10,831 |
9,024 |
5,183 |
2,747 |
| 2005-06 Annual Report |
11 December 2006 |
|
|
8,026 |
4,817 |
1,339 |
| 2006-07 Annual Report |
19 June 2008 |
|
|
|
2,938 |
4,122 |
| 2007-08 Annual Report |
3 December 2008 |
|
|
|
|
1,970 |
Discussion Paper 1:
Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
27 March 2002 |
3,002 |
17,844 |
15,198 |
4,927 |
3,734 |
Discussion Paper 2:
Proposed study design and Wave 1 data collection |
22 September 2003 |
1,483 |
1,721 |
2,987 |
2,830 |
1,743 |
Discussion Paper 3:
Data management issues |
3 May 2004 |
10,317 |
10,389 |
9,471 |
9,104 |
1,574 |
Discussion Paper 5:
Wave 2 data management issues |
28 June 2007 |
|
|
196 |
2,182 |
1,573 |
Technical Paper 1:
Sample design |
26 September 2005 |
|
2,521 |
3,401 |
4,702 |
8,823 |
Technical Paper 2:
Summarising children's wellbeing: the LSAC Outcome Index (PDF 1.4 MB) |
11 January 2006 |
|
2,322 |
1,960 |
1,945 |
1,454 |
Technical Paper 3:
Wave 1 weighting and non‑response |
25 May 2006 |
|
103 |
1,351 |
1,188 |
1,165 |
Technical Paper 4:
Children's time use in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
July 2007 |
|
|
|
1,896 |
1,392 |
Technical Paper 5:
Wave 2 weighting and non‑response |
October 2007 |
|
|
|
671 |
1,210 |
| Newsletters |
160; |
7,928 |
8,257 |
12,431 |
18,589 |
20,699 |
| Data dictionary |
30 May 2005 |
150 |
2,237 |
2,625 |
1,931 |
2,374 |
| Total publication downloads |
160; |
23,381 |
56,225 |
66,670 |
62,903 |
55,919 |
| Total site visits |
160; |
57,227 |
85,966 |
107,890 |
155,144 |
182,263 |