The Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) has been in existence for nearly 50 years. During this time we 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.
The cohort has been studied from infancy into childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Data gathered over the course of the study now comprises some 50 million characters of information, with which the study has published over 500 scientific papers, reports, books and book chapters describing the life history of the CHDS cohort.
In 2019, we completed our participant interviews for their 40-year assessment. We are now planning our 50-year wave.
Publications
We're always researching and writing. Visit our publications page to find out more:
Christchurch Health and Development Study Publications
News
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Funding
We are currently funded by:
- MBIE's Strategic Science Investment Fund
- University of Otago's Lifecourse Research Theme
- Health Research Council of New Zealand
Contact
Tel +64 3 372 6706
Email chds.uoc@otago.ac.nz
University of Otago, Christchurch
Department of Psychological Medicine
PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8140