Timor Leste Family Study Data

The Timor Leste Family Study is the first Australian study designed to investigate the effects of recent deployments on the health and well-being of Australian Defence Force families. This study compared the health of the families of personnel who had deployed to Timor-Leste with that of families of personnel who had not deployed to Timor-Leste.

It also looked at risk and protective factors associated with the health of all such families.

The study was a retrospective, cross-sectional survey of ADF members and their families that examined the physical, mental, and family health impacts on the partners and children from the member’s deployment. A sample of 7749 current and ex-serving ADF members who were in a relationship or separated was selected. Approximately half had deployed to Timor-Leste (N=3866), while the other half had not (N=3883). If the ADF member provided consent, partners were invited to participate. A total of 2853 ADF members and 1332 partners responded. Questions on the children were answered by the partner.

Data may be released for re-use subject to ethical approval by an appropriate ethics committee and full data access approval by the Military and Veterans’ Health Research Data Access Committee (MVHRDAC).

东帝汶家庭研究（Timor Leste Family Study）是澳大利亚首个旨在探究近期军事部署对澳大利亚国防军（Australian Defence Force, ADF）家庭健康与福祉影响的研究项目。该研究对比了曾部署至东帝汶的国防军人员家庭，与未部署至东帝汶的国防军人员家庭的健康状况。

本研究同时分析了与所有此类家庭健康相关的风险与保护因素。

本研究为回顾性横断面调查，针对国防军成员及其家庭展开，旨在探究成员的部署任务对其配偶及子女的生理、心理及家庭健康造成的影响。研究共招募7749名处于恋爱关系或已分居的现役及退伍国防军成员，其中约半数曾部署至东帝汶（N=3866），另一半则未参与部署（N=3883）。若国防军成员同意参与，其配偶将受邀加入研究。最终共有2853名国防军成员及1332名配偶完成调研，有关子女的相关问题由配偶代为作答。

本数据集的二次复用需获得相关伦理委员会的伦理审批，以及军事与退伍军人健康研究数据访问委员会（Military and Veterans’ Health Research Data Access Committee, MVHRDAC）的完整数据访问许可。