Participants
Thank you to everyone involved in Growing Up in New Zealand. We
appreciate the time you give us every year - as well as the answers
to our questions. Without your commitment we wouldn't be where we
are today.
The two-year data collection wave is well underway and we're
excited to begin this new phase of the study. Significant planning
and preparation for this data collection wave has kept the
Growing Up in New Zealand team busy over recent months and
we're pleased to finally be out meeting you once again. This is the
third face-to-face interview and for the first time we are
interacting directly with your children. The activities are (we
hope!) fun for your children to do and will be done at the same
time as the mother interview. If we didn't get to see you at the
nine-month interview then we would really love to see you at the
two-year interview. We do appreciate how busy life gets and will do
all we can to ensure the interview fits around you and your
family.
We love your photos, and we know many of you love to share them also, so upload an image of your child's favourite toy for everyone to enjoy
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Your privacy is important to us, so we work hard to maintain your privacy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The Growing Up Generation - Who are we?
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We try and keep in touch with everyone at least once per season. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter please email us at contact@growingup.co.nz or call us on 0508 Growing Up (0508 476 946)
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During 2010, we interviewed more than 40 participants every day.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
Growing Up in New Zealand train more than 50 interviewers to carry out more than 11,000 interviews each interview cycle.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The first data collection wave collected more than 13.9 million pieces of data.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
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.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The Growing Up dads were on average 33 years old when their babies were born.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
Our interviewers drive over 200,000km each year to carry out the face-to-face interviews.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
The administration team makes over 30,000 phone calls a year to participants.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
A third of all children has at least one parent who was born overseas.
Source: Growing Up in New Zealand
