lsac: Synthetic Data: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

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Synthetic Data: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Description

This synthetic dataset, based on "Growing Up in Australia - the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children" (LSAC). This longitudinal study covers a representative sample of about 10.000 children and their families, and aims to examine children's development from early childhood through to adolescence and adulthood. All variables pertain to the mother; note that fathers also play an important and sometimes unique role in children's emotional development.

Usage

data(lsac)

Format

A data frame with 8214 rows and 6 variables.

Details

Except for "coping", all variables were created by taking the row means of several items, omitting missing values. The corresponding item names from the LSAC codebook are given below.

warmth	numeric	fpa03m1-fpa03m6	Parental warmth scale
relationship_quality	numeric	fre04m1-fre04m7	Hendrick relationship quality scale
temperament_negreact	numeric	fse13a1-fse13a4	Temperament scale for reactivity
emotion_regulation	numeric	fse03c3a-fse03c3e	SDQ Emotional problems scale
social_functioning	numeric	fgd04b2a-fgd04b2e	Peds QL social functioning
coping	numeric	fhs26m2	Level of coping

References

Australian Institute of Family Studies. (2020, March 23). Growing Up in Australia.

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