Survey of Family Income and Employment (SoFIE)
The SoFIE aimed to provide information about changes over time in the economic well-being of individuals and their families, and about factors influencing those changes. Participants were over 29,000 household members from 11,500 households across New Zealand. Participants completed a household questionnaire and those aged 15 years and older also completed a personal questionnaire. Baseline data collection took place from 2002 to 2003 and participants were followed up annually until 2010. The SoFIE-Health add-on, focused on participants physical and mental health, was included in waves 3, 5 and 7.
Study design
Cohort, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
29,685 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Households in New Zealand in 2002.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa) (Government, New Zealand)
University of Otago (Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka) (Academic, New Zealand)
Links
stats.govt.nz/integrated-data/integrated-data-infrastructure/data-in-the-idi/
statsnz.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p20045coll2/id/1223
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Accident Compensation Corporation of New Zealand (ACC) (Government, New Zealand)
Alcohol Liquor Advisory Council (ALAC) (Government, New Zealand)
Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) (Research council, New Zealand)
University of Otago (Academic, New Zealand)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
