Available Data

Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) data are available from all data collection waves.  Each wave reflects a different stage of the cohort’s development, from pregnancy and early childhood through to adolescence. The topics and respondents vary across waves.

The data available to you will depend on which data set you use – either the full data set held by the University of Auckland, or the subset of data held in the Stats NZ Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI).  

    Before deciding which dataset to apply for you can:

    Find out more:

    Data Collection Wave (DCW)
    Methodology
    DCW questionnaires
    Data Dictionaries
    User Guides
    • 15-year online questionnaire with mother and child
    • 15-Year Checkpoint
    • 13-year online questionnaire with mother and child
    • Extreme Weather Event (EWE)
    Twelve-year Data Sets (NWA12)
    Covid-19 Health, Wellbeing and Education datasets
    • 11/12 year online questionnaire with child
    Eight-year datasets (DCW8)
    • 8 year face-to-face interview with the child
    • 8 year face-to-face interview with the mother
    • 8 year direct observations of the child
    • 8 year developmental and anthropometric assessments of the child
    Transition to school datasets (DCW6)
    • 72-month online questionnaire
    Pre-school datasets (DCW3-5)
    • 31-month phone call
    • 45-month phone call
    • 54-month face-to-face interview with child’s mother
    • 54-month direct observations of the child
    • 54-month developmental and anthropometric assessments of the child
    Two-year datasets (DCW2)
    • 2-year face-to-face interview with child’s mother
    • 45-month phone call
    • 2-year direct observations of child
    • 2-year developmental and anthropometric assessments of the child
    • 54-month developmental and anthropometric assessments of the child
    Child aged 23 months
    • Phone call to collect age-appropriate developmental information
    Data User Guide
    Child aged 16 months
    • Phone call to collect age-appropriate developmental information
    Data User Guide
    Perinatal
    • Derived after linkage to perinatal health records
    Data User Guide
    Child aged 9 months
    • Face-to-face interview with mother.
    • Face-to-face interview with partner
    Data User Guide
    Child aged 6 weeks
    • Phone call to collect age-appropriate developmental information
    Data User Guide
    Antenatal
    • Face-to-face interview with mother
    • Face-to-face interview with partner
    Data User Guide

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