Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS)
The CHDS has run for over 40 years. During this time, the study team have followed the health, education, and life progress of a group of 1,265 children born in the Christchurch (New Zealand) urban region in mid-1977. Members of this cohort have now been assessed at birth, 4 months, 1 year, on annual intervals to age 16, at 18 and at 21. At the beginning of the cohort, 635 male and 630 female participants were involved in this study. Of these, 11.2% were of Māori ethnicity, 2.9% were of Pacific ethnicity, and 85.9% were of New Zealand European/‘other’ ethnicity.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
1,265 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1977 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1977
Primary Institutions
University of Otago (Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka) (Academic, New Zealand)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council (Research council, Australia)
Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (Third Sector, New Zealand)
Health Research Board (HRB) (Research council, New Zealand)
James Hume Bequest Fund (Third Sector, New Zealand)
National Child Health Research Foundation (Third Sector, New Zealand)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Police & judicial system data
Engagement
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