Longitudinal Studies

Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (NZ)

Follows 1,037 Dunedin-born babies since their birth in 1972-1973.

Christchurch Health and Development Study (NZ)

Follows 1,265 babies born in Christchurch in 1977.

Pacific Islands Families Study (NZ)

Follows babies born to Pacific Islands families at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital in the year 2000.

Longitudinal Study of New Zealand Children and Families (NZ)

Read about this new study, currently under development, which will be based in Auckland and the Waikato.

Growing up in Australia (AUS)

Longitudinal study of Australian children started with a cohort of 5,000 children born in 2003-2004.

Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (AUS)

Starting in 1992, this study has followed over 2,000 people as they age.

Centre for Longitudinal Studies (UK)

This centre runs three of the main longitudinal studies in Britain, including the National Child Development Study (running since 1958), the British Cohort Study (running since 1970), and the Millennium Study (running since 2000).

English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (UK)

A study following the lives of English people aged 50 and over.

The Health and Retirement Study (USA)

This is a longitudinal study of over 55,000 Americans aged 50+ based at the University of Michigan.

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (USA)

This study has followed approximately 10,000 people since their graduation from high school in Wisconsin in 1957.

Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (USA)

This study has been running since 1975, following 267 first-time mothers and their children.

Life Course Center, University of Minnesota (USA)

This centre, based in the Sociology Department, has run several studies including the Youth Development Study, following a cohort since their first year of secondary school in 1987.