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Schooling Memories: Educating the Adolescent, 1930s -1970s
No full textA collection of oral history interviews with former teachers, students, curriculum personnel and guidance officers and school counsellors who were at school in the decades from the 1930s to the 1970s. There are more than 80 interviews, with teachers and students from all walks of life and from various parts of Australia. While most are now living in Victoria, many were educated and worked elsewhere. There is a special focus in the 1970s interviews with students and teachers involved in progressive and community schooling during that time.
These interviews were conducted as part of the Educating the Adolescent project, a cultural history of educational reforms and influential ideas about how Australian schools could best educate adolescents and prepare them for future citizenship. Combining documentary and oral history research, it examines social values and curriculum, and adolescent psychological guidance, investigating their local and international contexts during three decades of educational upheaval – 1930s, 50s, and 70s. It will provide historical perspectives on current concerns about school values and student wellbeing, enrich theories of citizenship and ethics, create an oral history archive, deepen understanding of transnational educational ideas and policy drivers, and contribute new knowledge about Australia's education history.
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Our Lives, Social Futures and Life Pathways of Young People in Queensland: A Longitudinal Project, 2006-2019 (Waves 1-7)
No full textThe Our Lives Project is a longitudinal study currently administered by the Australian Catholic University. The project seeks to follow up respondents every two years and explores the attitudes and aspirations of young people in Queensland. The project was previously managed by the University of Queensland in Waves 1-3 (from 2006 to 2011) and Monash University in Waves 4-6 (2013-2017). Since Wave 7 (2019) it has been managed by the Australian Catholic University. The project aims to understand how work, study, housing, and relationship pathways emerge and develop from adolescence and into adulthood. It also examines the formation of young people’s changing social, civic and political attitudes and values across this period. Beginning in 2006, the first phase of Our Lives surveyed 7,031 students who were beginning secondary school (age 12/13 years) in 202 schools across all schooling sectors and geographic regions in Queensland. The first follow-up survey (Wave Two) was conducted in 2008, and resulted in a response from 3,649 original sample members (age 14/15 years). Wave Three was conducted in 2010 (age 16/17, n=3,209); Wave Four was conducted in 2013 (age 19/20; n=2,208); Wave 5 took place in 2015 (age 21/22; n=2,158); and Wave 6 occurred in 2017 (age 23/24, n=2,030). The most recent survey (Wave 7) was conducted thirteen years after the study began, in 2019, when respondents were aged 25/26. A total of 2,042 surveys were completed, consisting of 1,928 original sample members and 114 top-up respondents. This is a complete data file for all 7 Waves
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health: 1973-78 cohort Core Data Release, Survey 2 data, 2000
No full textThe Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) is a longitudinal population-based survey, first funded in 1995, which examines the health of over 57,000 Australian women. The project was designed to explore factors that influence health among women who are broadly representative of the entire Australian population. ALSWH goes beyond a narrow perspective that equates women's health with reproductive and sexual health, and takes a comprehensive view of all aspects of health throughout women's lifespan. The first survey was conducted in 1996, and covered three groups, the 1973-1978 cohort, the 1946-1951 cohort, and the 1921-1926 cohort. In 2013, a new cohort of young women, aged 18-23 and known as the 1989-95 cohort, were recruited. Each cohort receives different questionnaires, which vary in the types of questions asked, but in essence cover issues regarding overall physical and emotional health, use of health services, education and employment status, drug and/or alcohol use, diet, exercise, and family situation. A detailed description of the background, aims, themes, methods and progress of the study is given on the project web page https://www.alswh.org.au/about/. This particular dataset refers to Survey 2 of the 1973-78 cohort and is a part of the Core Data Release. Some data in this data release were modified to maintain the confidentiality of ALSWH respondents
National Survey of the Family and Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Workforces, Workers Survey, 2017
No full textThe National Survey of the Family and Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Workforces, 2017 study involved two surveys, the design and interpretation of which was informed by stakeholder consultations. Two survey instruments were used: (1) a survey of service leaders, which was distributed for completion by a senior staff member responsible for workforce management or workforce development in their service; and (2) a survey of workers. This is the survey of workers, which captured experiences of working in services used by people affected by violence. It captured workers' characteristics, their confidence in various areas of practice, their job satisfaction and intention to leave. Questions also include workers' levels of contact with people affected by violence, their experience and qualifications, employment arrangements, competence in recognising and responding to violence, training and support, supervision, and job quality
Our Lives Asylum Seekers
No full textThis dataset contains project materials and interview transcripts from a qualitative study aiming to undertake a nuanced analysis of phenomena surrounding the acceptance of asylum seekers by interviewing a subset of the Our Lives cohort to better appreciate why some young Australians are accepting of asylum seekers.
The broader Our Lives project (www.ourlives.org.au) is a longitudinal study following, among other things, the social and political orientations of a single age cohort of young people in Queensland, Australia as they move from adolescence into adulthood. For nearly a decade, the study has been collecting both quantitative and qualitative data from this group of young people on different domains of their lives.
The goal of the qualitative investigation was to listen to participants speak on the topic of asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat, and to consider how they come to understand what they ‘know’ about the issue and how this relates to their attitudes and actions towards ‘boat people’. It was undertaken by applying a purposive intensity sampling strategy to identify potential participants, selecting respondents who had strongly agreed or strongly disagreed with the statement ‘All boats carrying asylum seekers should be turned back’ in the 2010 Our Lives survey. Ultimately interviews were conducted in 2012 with 20 young people who had indicated in their response to the question that they held firm views on the asylum issue
Victorian Supreme Court Trials 1880-1889
No full textTrials on indictment at Victorian Supreme Court. Data accessed from registers in the Public Record Office of Victoria. Includes name, offence, trial date and location, judge, verdict, sentence and some cases include links to reports published in colonial newspapers accessible in the Trove (nla.gov.au) database of digitised newspapers
Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Waves 1-13 (1992-2014)
No full textThe Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA) was the centrepiece research activity of the Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies. The ALSA commenced in 1992 with 2087 participants aged 65 years or more. At Baseline, a comprehensive personal interview and assessment of neuropsychological and physiological functions was undertaken at each person's home, supplemented by self-completed questionnaires, biochemistry, and additional clinical studies of physical function. The final wave (Wave 13) of data collection was carried out in 2014.
The domains assessed included demography, health, depression, morbid conditions, hospitalisation, hearing and vision difficulties, cognition, gross mobility and physical performance, activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, lifestyle activities, exercise education and income. At the completion of the household interview, participants were left with self-administered questionnaires, which were mailed back in pre- paid envelopes or collected at the time of the clinical assessment. The domains covered by the questionnaires were dental health, sexual activity and psychological measures of self-esteem, morale and perceived control. The individual clinical assessment objectively measured both physical and cognitive functioning. The physical examination included measures of blood pressure, anthropometry, visual acuity, audiometry and physical performance. The cognitive assessment included measures of memory, information processing efficiency, verbal ability and executive function. The clinical assessments were conducted by nurses who received special training in the standard administration of all psychological instruments and the anthropometric measures.
Some data have been provided by secondary sources. Participant deaths have been systematically monitored through the government Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. From Wave 7 onward, collateral data were gathered from the files of the Health Insurance Commission (HIC). Permission was sought for access to the Health Insurance Commission HIC for purposes of establishing use of medical care and services and expenditure. The information sought from the HIC database included: the number of medical care services, and for each service, the nature of the service, date, charge, and benefit; the number of PBS prescriptions, and for each prescription, the drug prescribed, number of repeats, date, charge, and benefit.
Edit July, 2023 - Mastery and Control Scale - Household Interview Data file (Wave 7.sav and Wave 9.sav). See README file for details. The data and syntax have been corrected. The corrected data can be located in the “Wave 9 Mastery only corrected.sav” file and “Wave 7 Mastery only corrected.sav” file (the “Wave 9.sav” and "Wave 7.sav" file will contain the original data, with errors. The syntax for the correction and recodes is located in the “All syntax.sps” file
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health: 1989-95 cohort Core Data Release, Survey 5 data, 2017
No full textThe Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) is a longitudinal population-based survey, first funded in 1995, which examines the health of over 57,000 Australian women. The Study explores factors that influence health among women who are broadly representative of the entire Australian population. ALSWH goes beyond a narrow perspective that equates women's health with reproductive and sexual health, and takes a comprehensive view of all aspects of health throughout women's lifespan. This cohort, women born 1989-95, were recruited in 2013. The cohort is regularly (to date, either annually, or biennially) surveyed via an online questionnaire covering issues regarding overall physical and emotional health, use of health services, education and employment status, drug and/or alcohol use, diet, exercise, and family situation. A detailed description of the background, aims, themes, methods and progress of the study is given on the project web page https://www.alswh.org.au/about/. This particular dataset refers to Survey 5 of the cohort and is a part of the Core Data Release. Some data in this data release were modified to maintain the confidentiality of ALSWH respondents
ANU Poll 2019: Discrimination and Workplace Interventions
No full textThis dataset is a subset of the 30th ANU Poll undertaken by the Social Research Centre for the ANU. The purpose of the ANU Poll is to assess Australians' opinions on important and topical issues. These polls are typically conducted three times a year, or about every four months. Some questions appear in every poll in order to provide information about changes in opinion over time; the majority of questions appear in one poll only. This research is used to inform public debate and policy about issues affecting Australia. In this particular wave of the project, we are investigating experiences of discrimination on the basis of ethnic origins within Australian workplaces. We also assess the level of community support for some specific workplace interventions designed to reduce discrimination of the basis of ethnic origins
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health: 1989-95 cohort Core Data Release, Survey 2 data, 2014
No full textThe Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) is a longitudinal population-based survey, first funded in 1995, which examines the health of over 57,000 Australian women. The Study explores factors that influence health among women who are broadly representative of the entire Australian population. ALSWH goes beyond a narrow perspective that equates women's health with reproductive and sexual health, and takes a comprehensive view of all aspects of health throughout women's lifespan. This cohort, women born 1989-95, were recruited in 2013. The cohort is regularly (to date, either annually, or biennially) surveyed via an online questionnaire covering issues regarding overall physical and emotional health, use of health services, education and employment status, drug and/or alcohol use, diet, exercise, and family situation. A detailed description of the background, aims, themes, methods and progress of the study is given on the project web page https://www.alswh.org.au/about/. This particular dataset refers to Survey 2 of the cohort and is a part of the Core Data Release. Some data in this data release were modified to maintain the confidentiality of ALSWH respondents