The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), also known as Growing Up in Australia, commenced in 2004 when parents of approximately 5, 000 babies and 5,000 4-5 year olds were recruited to the study. Now in 2018, the older cohort has turned 18. Our challenge is to keep these new adults engaged enough to remain in a study that their parents agreed to take part in 14 years ago.
One of the ways the study has tried to engage these young adults to ask them to complete an online survey prior to the interviewer coming to see them for a face-to-face interview. This session focusses on:
• The selection of content for the online survey;
• The consideration given to mode change;
• The process by which online survey participation was encouraged;
• The in home interview ‘mop-up’ process if the online survey was not completed prior to the home visit; and
• The results of the Dress Rehearsal and Main Wave 8 to date.