Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: 1973-78 cohort (ALSWH)
The ALSWH is a national, longitudinal, population-based study exploring factors that influence health among women who are broadly representative of the entire Australian population. ALSWH has recruited more than 57,000 women in four age cohorts since 1996. The current study investigates the 1973-78 cohort. The 1973-78 cohort was recruited through random selection from all women in the Australian Medicare database who were born between 1973 and 1978. A total of 14,247 participants aged 18 to 23 years were recruited and completed their first survey in 1996.
Study design
Cohort - accelerated, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
14,247
Age at first data collection
18 - 23 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1973 - 1978 (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1996
Primary Institutions
University of Newcastle
University of Queensland (UQ)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Qualitative survey
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
