Factsheet: Growing Up Strong in 2020: Findings from Wave 13 Summary Report for Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC)

Footprints in Time: is a research study involving more than 1700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children growing up across Australia. The young people and their families have been interviewed by Indigenous researchers for more than 17 years. This factsheet presents findings from the LSIC Wave 13 interviews, conducted entirely by telephone during the COVID-19 pandemic (June to December 2020). A total of 755 families were surveyed in Wave 13.

In Footprints in Time, there are many sets of questions that repeat every year and sometimes new questions are introduced. In the 13th year of interviews (2020), Study Youth were asked what it means to grow up strong and how they see themselves and their friends. Their responses highlight the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.