National Household Panel Surveys

Negotiating the Life Course Survey (NLC)
The NLC survey interviews approxiamately 1500 Australian respondents every three years. The NLC survey collects data about Australian's work, income, family, health and education. NLC discussion papers are available to download online.

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA)
HILDA collects data from approxiamates 13000 Australians each year. This household panel-based survey explores three main areas: economic and subjective well-being, labour market dynamics and family dynamics. There is a HILDA discussion paper and technical paper series available online.

British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
The BHPS has conducted 14 waves of data collection. The initial wave consisted of 5,500 households and 10,300 individuals. A technical and working paper series for the BHPS data is available online.

European Community Household Panel Survey (ECHP)
The European Community Household Panel (ECHP) is a survey that involves annual interviewing of a representative panel of households and individuals in each country, covering a wide range of topics: income, health, education, housing, demographics and employment characteristics, etc. The total duration of the ECHP was 8 years, running from 1994 to 2001.

The Northern Ireland Household Panel Survey (NIHPS)
The purpose of NIHPS is to understand the dynamics of change experienced by the population of Northern Ireland and its evolution over the lifetime of the study. The survey largely mirrors the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), and is currently in it´s sixth wave.

The Swiss Household Panel Survey (SHP)
The principal aim of the SHP is to observe social change, in particular, the dynamics of changing living conditions in the population of Switzerland. Publications are available on the website.

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The PSID is a study of around 8000 US families. The PSID had been collecting data about American's economic, health and social behaviour since wave 1 in 1968. There is a data quality bibliography available for the PSID.

German Socioeconomic Panel Study (SOEP)
This panel began in 1984. In 2005 the SOEP surveyed approxiamately 12000 households. SOEP discussion papers are available to download online.

Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)
SLID is a longitudinal suvey examining changes in Labour market and income dynamics. This survey aims to improve the understanding of Canadians economic well-being. There are publications available online.

Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE)
Since October 2002 SoFIE has been collecting information on New Zealander's circumstances and lifestyles, and the factors that influence these aspects of people's lives.

Russian Socioeconomic Transition Panel (RUSSET)
The RUSSET longitudinal survey ran from 1993 to 1999. During this time many economic, political and social changes took place within Russia. A list of publications using data from RUSSET is available.

Belgian Socioeconomic Panel
The Belgian Socioeconomic Panel conducted interviews in 1985, 1988,1992, 1997. This panel explores a number of areas such as demographics, employment, housing, income and wealth. Publications are available from the General Centre for Social Policy.

Swedish HUS Panel Data Project
The first wave of HUS interviews were conducted in 1984. Since then, a further 6 waves have been conducted. A list of publications using HUS panel data is available.

Longitudinal Surveys - Children

Growing Up in Australia
Growing Up in Australia is a study about Australian children, funded by the Australian government. The study began in 2003 and data will be collected every 2 years, for the next 9 years. A discussion and technical paper series is available.

Footprints in Time
Footprints in Time is the name given to the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC). The study aims to improve the understanding of, and policy response to, the diverse circumstances faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, their families, and communities. Publications are available online.

Australian Temperament Project (ATP)
The ATP examines the psychosocial development of Australian children. The initial sample comprised of 2443 Victorian families and after 21 years two thirds of the families are still participating. A list of publications using the ATP data is available online.

Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY)
The NLSCY collects data about the development of Canadian children at intervals of 2 years. Publications are available on the NLSCY website.

European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC)
ELSPAC is a longitudinal and epidemiological study that aims to identify and help prevent problems in childhood health and development. Data is currently gathered in 6 European countries. A list of publications using the ELSPAC data is available.

The National Children's Study
The National Children’s Study will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of more than 100,000 children across the United States, following them from before birth until age 21.

Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
This Minnesota study began in 1975 with 267 first time mothers. The study is now in its 28th year of data collection. A list of publications using data from the Minnesota Study of Parents and Childrens is available.

Simmons Longitudinal Study
The Simmons study began in 1975 and is funded by the US National Institute of Mental Health. The study has a multidisciplinary approach towards the central aim of informing effective prevention and intervention programs. A list of publications using data from the Simmons Longitudinal Study is available.

US Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS)
The ECSL Program provides national data (US) on children's status at birth and at various points thereafter. Downloadable technical and working papers using data from the ECLS are available.

Growing Up in Scotland Study (GUS)
GUS is an exciting new study that follows the lives of a national sample of Scotland's children from infancy through to their teens. Two rounds of data have already been collected.

The French Longitudinal Study of Children (ELFE)
The project ELFE aims at building a cohort of 20,000 children, nationally representative, to be followed from birth to adulthood.

Birth to Twenty
Birth to Twenty, colloquially nicknamed Mandela’s Children, is the largest and longest running study of child and adolescent health and development in Africa. A list of publications is available.

German Children Longitudinal Study
The DJI Children Study looks at two age cohorts of nationally representative German children (5 years and 8 years of age). The study began in 2002 and data will be collected every 1 1/2 years, for the next 3 years.

US Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN)
LONGSCAN is a consortium of research studies that was initiated in 1990. LONGSCAN uses a combined sample to explore critical issues in child abuse and neglect. A list of publications concerning the LONGSCAN data is available.

Longitudinal Surveys - Youth

Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth (LSAY)
LSAY studies the progression of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. The oldest group of respondents in the project were born in 1961. Technical papers and research resports that use the LSAY data are available to download.

Canadian Youth in Transition Survey (YITS)
The YITS has been developed to understand how young people manage school-work transitions. Publications are available on the YITS website.

Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE)
LSYPE, also known as Next Steps, is a major innovative panel study of young people which brings together data from a number of different sources, including both annual interviews with young people and their parents and administrative sources.

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) for 1997 and 1979
NLSY is a longitudinal study exploring the lives of American Youth. A discussion paper series is available online.

German Youth Survey
The DJI youth survey is a representative study about youths and young adults aged 16 to 29 in Germany. Publications are available online.

Taiwan Education Panel Survey (TEPS)
TEPS is a national longitudinal project and will span six academic years from 2001 to 2007. TEPS is a multi-year questionnaire survey of students and their learning environment. The student data are augmented by aptitude tests and administrative data on students wherever feasible.

Longitudinal Surveys - Immigration

Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA)
THE LSIA is the most comprehensive survey of immigrants undertaken in Australia. There are actually two LSIA surveys: 1) Surveyed migrants arriving in Australia between 1993 and 1995 and 2) Surveyed migrants arriving between 1999 and 2000. There are LSIA publications on the Department of Immigration's publications page.

Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC)
LSIC is designed to examine the first for years of people's lives when they migrate to Canada. The first wave of the data was released in 2003. Publications are available on the LSIC website.

Longitudinal Immigration Survey New Zealand (LisNZ)
LisNZ is scheduled to begin in 2004. Around 8000 migrants will be asked about their New Zealand settlement experience.

New Immigrant Survey (NIS)
NIS is a nationally representative multi-cohort longitudinal study of new legal immigrants and their children to the United States. The first full cohort (NIS-2003) sampled immigrants in the period May-November 2003. A follow up is planned for mid-2007. Publications are available on the NIS website.

Longitudinal Surveys - Health & Ageing

Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
This survey was first funded in 1995. The aim of the survey is to examine the health of 40000 women over a 20 year period. Abstracts for conference and published papers are available.

Canada National Population Health Survey
This survey explores health status, use of health services and demographic/soci-economic status. Publications are available on the website.

The Health and Retirement Study
The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) surveys more than 22,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. Publications are available on the website.

Pathways to Life Quality
The Pathways to Life Quality study is designed to promote understanding of patterns of housing choices and residential transitions over the life course. There are working papers and a bibliography regarding the Pathways to Life Quality study.

Australian Longitudingal Study of Ageing (ALSA)
ALSA is Australia's first multi-dimensional population based study of human ageing. Seven waves of interviewing have been conducted since ALSA began in 1992 with 2087 participants. A bibliography of papers using the ALSA data is available.

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Ageing (BLSA)
The BLSA is America's longest running scientific study of human ageing. This study began in 1958. There are 1200 participants in the survey ranging from 20 to 90 years old. A list of publications and abstracts using the BLSA data is available.

English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
ELSA is a study of the lives of people who are aged 50 and over. This study looks at health, economic situation and quality of life. Links to publications are available on the ELSA website.

Longitudingal Studies of Aging (LSOA)
The LSOA is a multicohort study of persons 70 years of age and over designed primarily to measure changes in the health, functional status, living arrangements, and health services utilization of two cohorts of Americans as they move into and through the oldest ages.

Nihon University Japanese Longitudingal Study of Aging (NUJLSOA)
The NUJLSOA is a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of the population aged 65 and over in Japan. The first wave of data was collected in November 1999, the second in November 2001, and a third wave in November 2003.

Canberra Longitudinal Study of Ageing
The Canberra Longitudinal Study (Australia) is a 12 year study in the health and memory of older people which commenced in 1990, with subsequent waves in 1994, 1998 and 2002. A list of publications and abstracts is available at the website.

Path Through Life Project
This study is a 20 year longitudinal project with 7485 adult participants from Canberra and Queanbeyan (Australia). The program aims to explore: a) anxiety and depression, b) alcohol and substance abuse, and c) cognitive functioning and dimentia. A list of publications and abstracts is available at the website.

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