Western Australian Family Connections Genealogical Project (WA Family Connections Project)
The WA Family Connections project aims to create and store a system of links representing genealogical relationships for the residents of Western Australia to be used as a research tool in conjunction with health data to help investigate familial factors in health and disease. The project exists as a supplementary system of links to the Western Australia Data Linkage System (WADLS) that regularly links records across several population-based data sets. The genealogical links are made using information from original birth, death and marriage registrations. The project aims to include as many current and historical Western Australian residents as possible, including over 3 million records dating back to 1950.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
1,000,000 (participants from 1974 to 2014)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
People born in Western Australia from 1950 to the present.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1950
Primary Institutions
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Medical and Health Research Council of Western Australia
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Telethon Kids Institute
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
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