The Team
The Growing Up in New Zealand team is a multidisciplinary
group of researchers led by Dr Susan Morton of The University of
Auckland, in collaboration with researchers from Otago, Massey and
Victoria universities. The researchers are supported by operations
and interview teams who are responsible for communicating with the
participants and administering the interviews.
The Growing Up in New Zealand research team is made up of a
group of motivated and talented researchers.
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Our interview administration team
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Current vacancies with Growing Up in New Zealand.
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During 2010, we interviewed more than 40 participants every day.
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Growing Up in New Zealand train more than 50 interviewers to carry out more than 11,000 interviews each interview cycle.
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The first data collection wave collected more than 13.9 million pieces of data.
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The most usual languages spoken in the home after English are Samoan, Hindi, Tongan and Mandarin.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The Growing Up mums were on average 30 years old when their babies were born.
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The Growing Up dads were on average 33 years old when their babies were born.
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Our interviewers drive over 200,000km each year to carry out the face-to-face interviews.
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The administration team makes over 30,000 phone calls a year to participants.
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A third of all children has at least one parent who was born overseas.
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