Participant Newsletters
We try and keep in touch with everyone at least once per season.
If you are a participant in the study and 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)
Summer 2011
It's hard to believe the year is nearly over. In this newsletter we
round up the year, meet some of the Waikato/Franklin interview team
and profile Associate Professor Cameron Grant, an Associate
Director of Growing Up in New Zealand.
Spring 2011 The year is flying by and we're
pleased to provide you with an update on what's been happening at
Growing Up in New Zealand since the
Winter newsletter.
Winter 2011 The
two-year data collection wave is underway and progressing well.
Significant planning and preparation for this data collection wave
has kept the Growing Up in New Zealand team busy over recent
months.
Autumn 2011The year of the rabbit has
begun and there are many exciting things planned for
Growing Up in the months ahead. We have started the two
year interviews and it is really enjoyable to be meeting
the children when our interviewers visit.
Christmas 2010 Merry Christmas!, It's been an exciting
year here at Growing Up. We've achieved a huge amount! We have
interviewed and talked to many of you, launched our first results
and found ourselves a new logo.
Spring 2010 Welcome to the Growing Up in New Zealand
Spring newsletter. We have a lot to update you on as Growing Up in
New Zealand moves into a new and exciting stage.
Autumn 2010 Welcome to the Growing Up in New Zealand
quarterly newsletter for May 2010, and and kia ora to those of you
who have joined Growing Up since our last newsletter in
January.
Summer 2010 Welcome to the Growing Up in New
Zealand quarterly newsletter for January 2010, and kia ora to those
of you who have joined Growing Up since our last newsletter in
September.
Spring 2009 Welcome to the Growing Up in New Zealand
Spring newsletter. We have a lot to update you on as Growing Up in
New Zealand moves into a new and exciting stage.
Winter 2009 Welcome to the Growing Up in New Zealand
June quarterly newsletter and kia ora to those of you who have
joined our mailing list since March.
Christmas 2008 Welcome to the first Growing Up in New
Zealand newsletter, a special edition for our first Growing Up
families.
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
