Data user guide

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Data use Documentation
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December 2023

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About this guide

This Data User Guide is a reference tool for users of the Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health datasets.

It is intended to provide the necessary information to be able to use the Ten to Men data. This includes information on the study design, questionnaires, data files, data linkage, user resources, statistical considerations and access to the Ten to Men data.

Additional resources available for users of the Ten to Men data include:

If you have any feedback, or would like us to include additional information, please do not hesitate to email us at: [email protected]

Copyright

Some of the material included or referred to in the Data User Guide is subject to copyright. The copyright information will progressively be added to the study materials. For more information about copyright permissions, email us at: [email protected]

The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) does not guarantee the accuracy, currency or completeness of any copyright information provided in the Ten to Men study materials.

  • AIFS accepts no legal liability in relation to any use of the material included or referred to in the Data User Guide.
  • Users should ensure that they seek and obtain the appropriate copyright permissions from the owner of any copyright in this material prior to use.
  • AIFS is not responsible for obtaining or assisting users with copyright permissions.

Data User Guide Updates

DateVersionUpdateSuggested citation
May 20161.0Original release of Data User Guide for Wave 1.Currier, D., Koelmeyer, R., Spittal, M. J., Gordon, I., English, D., Gurrin, L., Carlin, J., Sahabandu, S., & Pirkis, J. (2015) Ten to Men - Data User Manual (Version 1). Melbourne: The University of Melbourne.
December 20172.0Original release of Data User Guide for Wave 1 and Wave 2.Currier, D., Koelmeyer, R., Spittal, M. J., Gordon, I., English, D., Gurrin, L., Carlin, J., Sahabandu, S., & Pirkis, J. (2015) Ten to Men - Data User Manual (Version 2). Melbourne: The University of Melbourne.
September 20193.0Updated Data User Guide for Release 2.1, Wave 1 and Wave 2.Bandara, D., Howell, L., Silbert, M., Mohal, J., Garrard, B., & Daraganova, G. (2019). Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health - Data User Guide, Version 3.0, September 2019. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
September 20214.0Original release of Data User Guide for Wave 3.Bandara, D., Howell, L., Silbert, M., & Daraganova, G. (2021). Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health - Data User Guide, Version 4.0, September 2021. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
September 20235.0Original release of Data User Guide for Wave 4.Volpe, F. Suares, M., Silbert, M., & Martin, S. (2023). Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health - Data User Guide, Release 4.0, (Waves 1-4). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
References

References

  • Currier, D., Pirkis, J., Carlin, J., Degenhardt, L., Dharmage, S. C., Giles-Corti, B. et al. (2016). The Australian longitudinal study on male health-methods. BMC Public Health, 16(Suppl 3), 1030. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3698-1
  • Kalton, G. (1983). Introduction to Survey Sampling. Newburry Park, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Spittal, M. J., Carlin J. B., Currier, D., Downes, M., English, D. R., Gordon, I. et al. (2016). The Australian longitudinal study on male health sampling design and weighting: Implications for analysis and interpretation of clustered data. BMC Public Health, 16(Suppl 3), 1062. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3699-0
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2011). Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Glossary

Glossary

TermDescription
ABSAustralian Bureau of Statistics
ADAAustralian Data Archive
AIFSAustralian Institute of Family Studies
ANZSCOAustralian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
ASCLAustralian Standard Classification of Languages
ASGSAustralian Statistical Geographic Standards
CAPIComputer-Assisted Personal Interview
Data BooksDocuments providing the frequency distribution of variables by questionnaire
Data DictionarySpreadsheet listing all variables and their attributes
DLIAData Linkage and Integrating Authority
DoHDepartment of Health
DOIDigital Object Identifier
MBMesh Block
MMMModified Monash Model
NHMRCNational Health and Medical Research Council
RARemoteness Area
RMRRoy Morgan Research (fieldwork agency commissioned to carry out Waves 1 and 2 fieldwork)
SA1Statistical Area 1
SA2Statistical Area 2
SACCStandard Australian Classification of Countries
SEIFASocio-Economic Indexes for Areas
SRCSocial Research Centre
TTMTen to Men study
UoMUniversity of Melbourne
Acknowledgements

Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health is the first large-scale, nationally representative, longitudinal study to focus exclusively on investigating and improving the health and wellbeing of males in Australia. It is also the largest longitudinal study of male health in the world.

Ten to Men was commissioned and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health to inform the National Male Health Policy. The study was initially conducted by the University of Melbourne who released datasets, including data documentation, for Wave 1 and Wave 2. Roy Morgan Research undertook the data collection and initial data processing for these 2 waves.

After a competitive tender process in 2017, the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) was awarded with the responsibility to conduct Waves 3 and 4. Since then, AIFS has updated the Wave 1 and Wave 2 datasets, including data documentation.

In 2020, the study team re-evaluated and revised the survey content and methodology to enable contactless interviewing for Wave 3. New items designed to collect information on the impacts of COVID-19 and the recent effects of natural disasters were also incorporated into the revised survey. The online survey went live at the end of July 2020, with data collection concluding in February 2021.

Minimal changes, both in terms of the survey content and the data collection method, occurred between Wave 3 and Wave 4. The Wave 4 online survey data collection period was from August 2022 to December 2022.

The Social Research Centre (SRC), in collaboration with Ipsos, was contracted to undertake the fieldwork component for Waves 3 and 4 of the study.

Citation

Volpe, F. Suares, M., Silbert, M., & Martin, S. (2023). Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health - Data User Guide, Release 4.0, (Waves 1-4). Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.

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