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New Zealand Growing Up Survey 2008-2010

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Growing Up in New Zealand--Antenatal Data Collection Wave
Provider 
Centre for Longitudinal Research - He Ara ki Mua (New Zealand)
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Geography 
New Zealand (NZL)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/2008 - 06/2010
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Longitudinal
Summary 

This longitudinal study, which started in 2008, will follow over 7,000 babies and their parents for 21 years. This first wave surveyed expectant mothers and their partners about topics such as morbidity, fertility treatment, child care, exercise, maternity/paternity leave, family support, ethnicity, and knowledge of and involvement in Kiwi/New Zealand culture. The survey also asked expectant partners if they had received positive and/or negative information about childhood vaccination.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Anemia, Anthropometry, Asthma, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Child care, Children, Mental health symptoms, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary sodium, Disability, Domestic violence, Education, Employment, Employment benefits, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Fertility agents, Folic acid, Fruits and vegetables, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Heart disease, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, International migration, Iron, Languages, Marital status, Maternal anthropometry, Maternal care, Maternal conditions, Maternal health, Medicines, Menstruation, Mental and behavioral disorders, Micronutrients, Nausea, Occupations, Physical activity, Pregnancy, Preterm birth, Public social assistance, Safety, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Unemployment, Weight change
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021