Growing Up in New Zealand - Longitudinal Survey
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| Sponsor | Families Commission |
| Speciality | Social |
| Provider | Stage 1: Reid Research |
| Contract Value | - |
| Administration Date | 2009 (Apr) |
| Frequency | Twelve waves until child is 4.5 years, interviewed until 21 years old |
| Next Administration | Not specified |
| Primary Method | Face-to-face |
| Primary Sample | 6,822 pregnant women and 4,401 of their partners recruited into main cohort (additional 200 families - "Leading Lights: Te Roopu Piata" group) |
| Response Rate | - |
| Sample Size | 11,223 |
| Secondary Sample | Children |
| Response Rate | - |
| Sample Size | 7,000 |
| Sample Frame | Pregnant women, their partners, and the children, recruited from all expected births occurring in the Auckland, Counties-Manukau and Waikato District Health Board regions between 25 April 2009 and 25 March 2010 |
| Participation | Voluntary |
| Monetary Incentive | None |
| Geographical Region | Auckland, Counties-Manukau and Waikato District Health Board regions |
| Average Survey length | Stage 1: pregnant mothers and their partners - 1.5 hours |
Based at the University of Auckland's Centre for Longitudinal Research - He Ara ki Mua, Growing Up in New Zealand is keeping tabs on the growth and development of children. To date, parents have been interviewed before their children's birth, when the children were nine months, and two years of age. Routine linkage to details about the child's birth has supplemented this information to detail the first critical months of the children's development. The study is designed to continue until the child turns 21. Interviewers ask about health and wellbeing, family/whānau life, education, psychological development, neighbourhood and environment, culture and identity. The answers will be a mine of information for planners and policy makers as they work to improve the lives of all New Zealand children. The babies in Growing Up in New Zealand represent the diversity of children being born in New Zealand today. Although recruited in Auckland and the Waikato, they will be followed up wherever they move to in the future. The research is anonymous and parents and children give their time for free.
Growing Up in New Zealand has been designed as a longitudinal and multidisciplinary study. It also includes a translational dimension, with an explicit intent to both relate to the current policy context and inform future policy development. The study builds on the value and lessons learnt from earlier New Zealand longitudinal studies which began in the 1970s, while reflecting the scientific and demographic changes that have occurred since.
For a copy of the Methodology, please click here.