The Life Patterns project follows young people overtime through the collection of survey data and interviews, and Cohort 3 of the project was recruited in 2022. Almost 1,250 participants were recruited from 39 schools in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, and Tasmania, Australia. Among the cohort, 47.7% identified as female and 2.9% as non-binary. Of the participants, 38.2% lived in a capital city. The participants were aged approximately 16 years old at recruitment.