The wide range of data collected over the past four decades, encompassing many aspects of our Study members’ lives, their health, and wellbeing, are displayed in Table 2.Table 2Archival Dunedin data available for use in longitudinal researchDomains MeasuredAges at which the domain was assessed in the Dunedin StudyBirth35791113151821263238Childhood socioeconomic background××××××××Academic attainment, literacy tests, degrees earned, skills××××××××××Work interview: adult socioeconomic status, subjective socioeconomic status, job characteristics××××Financial interview, saving behaviour, assets, debts, etc.××××Upbringing (many different measures) Parental mental health××××××× Family structure×××××××× Family functioning, parent–child relationship××××××× Parental loss, familial death, divorce××××××××× Maltreatment (many caregiver changes, sexual abuse, physical abuse, harsh discipline, mother–child observations by staff)××××××× Retrospectively recalled child abuse×× Peers, rejection by, attachment to, activities with××××××××××× Adult relationships (quality, commitment), family formation×××× Intimate partner abuse (psychological, physical, injury)×××× Child temperament, via staff observations××××× Personality traits, MPQ and big-5 (self, staff, and informant)××× Antisocial behaviours (self-reports, parent & teacher reports, informant reports, police records)××××××××××× Mental disorders and psychopathology (parent, teacher, self, and informant reports, medical records)××××××××××× Substance abuse and dependence (parent, teacher, self, and informant reports)××××××××Health-compromising behaviours Smoking, alcohol, cannabis, hard drugs××××××××× Risky sexual
