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Time investment and child development

This project aims to explore how Australian children spend their time over an extended and important period of their lives (from birth to 16/17 years old) and how such time allocation contributes to their development outcomes.

Investigators: Cate Taylor, Francis Mitrou, Ha Nguyen, Stephen Zubrick

External collaborators: Professor Luke Connelly (University of Queensland), Dr Huong Le (University of Western Australia)

This project aims to explore how Australian children spend their time over an extended and important period of their lives (from birth to 16/17 years old) and how such time allocation contributes to their development outcomes. The project will examine a wide range of child development outcomes, including cognitive skills, mental health and physical health, and whether disadvantage has played a role in time-use allocations that might have led to more positive outcomes in these developmental domains.