Research and surveys

A world-first study, The Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study (CATS) shows that it’s at this stage students lay the foundations for their future success and educators can respond to these developmental patterns.

This is an annual survey of young people (aged 15–19) across Australia, asks young people about their values and issues of concern including drug and alcohol issues, and use of the internet.

This annual survey of school principals is supported by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, and is published by Australian Catholic University.

To ensure that each child has every chance to experience a happy and healthy start to life, it is essential that policy makers and researchers have access to quality data about children’s development in contemporary society.

Students share the messages of support they'd like to hear from their parents, carers or a support person as they navigate their final years of secondary school.

This summary report examines how well Australian children are across five key areas of wellbeing.

Every five years, the Report Card presents data on Australia’s performance against a range of health and wellbeing indicators for young people (0–24) and compares the data with other OECD countries.

This Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report provides data on the health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 10–24.

This research focuses on parents’ experiences raising children in a world steeped in online activity and connection. It confirms the pivotal role parents play in keeping their children safe online and highlights their very real concerns about their capacity to deal with online safety issues.

This survey sampled of 6,310 families with children and adolescents (4–17 years) participated in 2013–14 which, included analysis of NAPLAN results. The findings highlighted the impact mental disorders can have on students’ attendance, connectedness, engagement and performance at school.