The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men), 2013

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development. It is a national longitudinal study, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, with a stratified multi-stage cluster random sample design and oversampling in rural and regional areas. A household recruitment method was used, and recruitment and Wave 1 data collection conducted from September 2013 to July 2014. Males aged 10 to 55 years residing in private dwellings were eligible to participate. Data were collected via self-completion paper questionnaires (participants aged 15 to 55) and by computer-assisted personal interview (participants aged 10 to 14). Household and proxy health data for boys aged 10 -14 years were collected from a parent via a self-completion paper-based questionnaire. Questions covered socio-demographics, health status, mental health and wellbeing, health behaviours, social determinants, and health knowledge and service use. A cohort of 15,988 males aged between 10 and 55 years was recruited representing a response fraction of 35%.