Growing Up in New Zealand is New Zealand's contemporary longitudinal study tracking the development of approximately 7,000 New Zealand children from before birth until they are young adults. The study is designed to provide unique information about what shapes children’s early development and how interventions might be targeted at the earliest opportunity to give every New Zealand child the best start in life.
The latest report from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study “Now We Are Four: Describing the preschool years” has just been released. The report draws on a number of data collection waves which capture key transitions for the children between the ages of two and four years.
Associate Professor Susan Morton will draw on the findings of the study to identify some key policy issues and their potential impact for the Auckland region.
About the speaker
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Professor Susan Morton is the Director of the Centre for
Longitudinal Research at the University of Auckland. The cross-faculty,
multi-disciplinary Centre is the home of the contemporary longitudinal study – Growing
Up in New Zealand, which she has been the Principal Investigator of since
its inception in 2005. Susan is a Public Health Physician and an expert in life course epidemiology, intergenerational wellbeing, translational research and econometric modelling of life course outcomes. |