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IJE Advance Access published online on May 28, 2009
International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyp215
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2009; all rights reserved.

Cohort profile: Survey of Families, Income and Employment (SoFIE) and Health Extension (SoFIE-health)

Kristie N Carter1,*, Matt Cronin2, Tony Blakely1, Michael Hayward1 and Ken Richardson1

1Health Inequalities Research Program, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
2Statistics New Zealand, Wellington.

Corresponding author. Health Inequalities Research Program, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, Wellington 6242, New Zealand. E-mail: kristie.carter@otago.ac.nz

Accepted 21 April 2009

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   How did the study come about?
 
Panel studies in Western countries have transformed and greatly improved understanding of many social, economic and health trends, such as the British Panel Household Survey1,2 and the Whitehall study in the UK,3 and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey.4 In New Zealand (NZ) there are a number of birth cohort and population-specific longitudinal studies: the Dunedin multidisciplinary health and development study,5 the Christchurch health and development study,6 the Pacific Islands Family Study7 and the Health Work and Retirement longitudinal study.8 However, there was a need for a longitudinal study that covered all age ranges which could provide an understanding of the dynamics of the NZ economy and its interrelationship between the social and economic well-being of individuals, families and households and the factors affecting this well-being.

Statistics New Zealand was granted funding from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (Government organization) in 1997 to conduct . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   What does the study cover?
 

   Who is in the sample?
 
Sampling frame
Sample selection
Sample size

   What has been measured?
 

   How often have participants been followed up?
 

   What is attrition like?
 

   What has been found?
 

   What are the main strengths and weaknesses?
 

   Statistics New Zealand Security Statement
 

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