Research Projects

On this page you can search for research projects that are using the full Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) data set. We've tried to include all current and previous projects which use the data, but this list may not be exhaustive. You can also search for for research projects using the subset of GUiNZ data in the StatsNZ Integrated Data Infrastructure here.

Research Projects Using Growing Up Data

Investigating how learning and cognitive abilities differ by temporal circumstances across childhood.

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Research Projects

Research Projects Using Growing Up Data

Investigating how learning and cognitive abilities differ by temporal circumstances across childhood.

Understanding the association between the quantity of Early Learning Service participation before two years old and the development of Executive Function: a longitudinal study

Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs) and educational outcomes – how can schools support (school aged) children and young people who have had ACEs?

Investigating how maternal nutrition is associated with preterm birth in New Zealand

Differences in sleep health between neurodiverse and typically developing children: A longitudinal investigation.

Understanding the drivers of te reo Māori acquisition

Investigating the Epidemiology and Determinants of Childhood Food Allergy in a New Zealand Cohort

Parents' experiences of their child's school transition

Polygenic and environmental markers of mental health status in New Zealand children

Housing tenure and child wellbeing

Arts, Cultural and Heritage Activities Participation in the Growing Up in New Zealand Cohort

Unveiling Disparities: Exploring Disparities in birth outcomes for Māori whanau and the intersection with experiences of discrimination

Growing up in New Zealand Cohort: Dietary patterns and associations with food security at 12 years

Te Hononga Tikanga: Exploring the relationship between Māori cultural identity and mental health in the Growing Up in New Zealand Dataset

Exploring mental wellbeing among Pacific children within the GUINZ Study

Stress as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Sugar Consumption and Postpartum Depression Symptoms

Growing up in New Zealand Cohort: Dietary patterns and associations with excess adiposity at 54 months

Ethnic identification in the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort: Longitudinal patterns and methodological considerations

Early life SES trajectories and health and wellbeing outcomes in transition to adolescence.

The lived experience of children with a disability: An exploration of equity in healthcare access, including physiotherapy services, for children with disabilities.

Preschool television content and social, emotional, and behavioural development

Developmental trajectories of youth health behaviours and mental well-being in Aotearoa New Zealand

Impact of Screen Use in Neurodiverse and Neurotypical young New Zealanders: a Longitudinal Analysis

The Sticker Task: Exploring how experience shapes altruistic sharing in 8-year-old children growing up in New Zealand

Respiratory infections and access to care among Pacific children in the Growing Up in New Zealand study

Parent-child emotion conversations: Associations with parent and child mental health - Project extension

Validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire within the Aotearoa New Zealand context: Implications for research and practice

Investigating factors related to school attendance patterns for children in Growing Up in New Zealand

Children's Environment and Identity Formation

Research to Interrupt Racism and (In)Equity: a longitudinal analysis

Twice-exceptional students in NZ: identifying exceptionalities - continued

Media Technology, Young People, and Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ)

The emergence of body image discrepancy and disordered eating behaviour in children and pre-adolescents in New Zealand

Mental health and wellbeing for young people in Aotearoa NZ: the impacts of experiencing multiple forms of discrimination

Now We Are 15

Examining the effect of the COVID pandemic and the adverse weather events of 2023 on Disabled Children using data from the Growing up in New Zealand study

Breastfeeding duration in NZ: Associations with diet quality and obesity in early and mid-childhood within a nationally generalizable birth cohort

Intake of ultra-processed foods by pre-schoolers and associations with maternal sociodemographic and health behaviour characteristics within the Growing Up in New Zealand study.

Food Hardship in the First 1000 Days and Childhood Obesity in Aotearoa New Zealand: An Equity Analysis

Sleep Patterns and Mental Wellbeing in Māori and Pacific Youth

Our Voices

Who can leave a partner who uses violence?

Research evidence on policy supports and the effect on material hardship

The wage cost of a lack of access to affordable childcare in Aotearoa New Zealand

Moving for good? Patterns of early childhood residential mobility, unmet healthcare needs, and child health in Aotearoa New Zealand

Persistent Disadvantage in Aotearoa New Zealand

Growth Monitoring Aotearoa: Scoping a national system for tamariki and rangatahi

Now We Are 12: Structural Disadvantage and Rangatahi Māori Mental Wellbeing. Snapshot 10

Now We Are 12: Young People’s Experiences of Puberty at Aged 12

Now We Are 12: The Impact of Disability on Young People and Their Family. Snapshot 8

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