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. 2012 Nov 18;43(1):23–33. doi: 10.1093/ije/dys177

Table 3.

Main data collected at the three measurement occasions involving subsamples of the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Kindergarten Children

Measurement occasion Measures
  • 13 years

  • Informants: subject, parent

  • 2014 selected subjects

  • 1034 respondents

Self-Rating Questionnaire:
  • Socio-demographic information on the subject and his/her family: age, sex, education, employment, ethnicity, religion, family structure

  • Parents characteristics: height, weight, general health, alcohol and tobacco consumption, parental practices

  • Subject characteristics: height, weight and general health; alcohol, tobacco and drug consumption; gambling; delinquency and violence; family, friend and romantic relationships; activities and jobs; sexuality; school environment and progress
    • Social Behaviour Questionnaire
    • Pubertal Development scale
    • Child depression Inventory
    • Self-description questionnaire
  • 19 years

  • Informant:subject

  • 1805 selected subjects

  • 1240 respondents

Self-Rating Questionnaire
  • Family structure, parental practices

  • Family, friend and romantic relationships

  • School environment and progress

  • Activities and jobs

  • Behaviours and emotions

Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders—4th edition, shortened form
  • 29 years

  • Informant:subject

  • 1933 selected subjects

  • 1370 respondents and 573 respondents’ first child assessments

Self-Rating Questionnaire:
  • Subject characteristics: education, activities, neighbourhood, employment and income; family, friendly and romantic relationships; sexuality; parental practices, general health; alcohol, tobacco and drug consumption; gambling; criminality

  • Subject’s first child assessment: pregnancy, pre and postnatal environment, general health, sleep, activities, peer-relationships, school environment and progress, child care experience and family environment

  • Self-description questionnaire

  • Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders—4th edition, shortened form

  • Calendar of life events and habits

  • Social Behaviour Questionnaire (subject’s first child)

  • Dimensions of Temperament Survey (subject’s first child)

  • Pubertal Development Scale (subject’s first child)

  • Saliva sample (subject’s first child, N = 392)