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Summary of indicators
Health
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Health expectancy |
64.8 years for males and 68.5 years for females (2001) |
Lower for males and Māori |
Improved for females |
No comparison available |
| Life expectancy |
77.0 years for males and 81.3 years for females (2002/2004) |
Lower for males, Māori and Pacific peoples and those living in deprived areas |
Improving, faster for males than females |
Average for both males and females |
| Suicide |
10.7 per 100,000 (age-std rate for all ages); youth 15–24 years, 17.0 per 100,000 (2002) |
Suicide deaths higher for males, youth, young adults and Māori; attempted suicide higher for females |
Improved since 1998 |
Average for all ages, poor for youth |
| Prevalence of cigarette smoking |
25 percent of population aged 15 years and over smoke cigarettes (2002) |
Higher rates among young people, Māori, Pacific peoples and those living in deprived areas |
Improved to 1991, steady since |
Good for males, poor for females |
| Obesity |
21 percent of population 15+ (2003); 10 percent of children 5–14 years (2002) |
Higher for Pacific peoples, Māori and females in deprived areas |
Prevalence of obesity doubled between 1977 and 2003 |
Poor |
Knowledge and Skills
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Participation in early childhood education |
"Apparent" participation rate of 95 percent for 3 year olds and 103 percent for 4 year olds (2004) |
Māori and Pacific rates lower than non-Māori |
Improving |
No robust comparison available |
| School leavers with higher school qualifications |
67 percent of school leavers with at least NCEA Level 2 (2003) |
Proportions lower for males, Māori and Pacific school leavers |
Improved to 1991, slight decline since 1998, but increased in last year |
No comparison available |
| Adult literacy skills in English |
54 percent of people aged 15–65 have a level of prose literacy in English needed to meet the complex demands of everyday life and work; 50 percent meets the same standard for document literacy; 51 percent for quantitative literacy (1996) |
Literacy levels lower among older people, Māori, Pacific peoples and "Other" ethnic groups |
No trend available |
Average for prose literacy, but below average for document and quantitative |
| Educational attainment of the adult population |
79 percent of the population aged 25–64 years with at least an upper secondary qualification; 16 percent of the population aged 25–64 years with tertiary (bachelor degree+) qualifications (2004) |
Proportions lower for older people, women, Māori and Pacific peoples |
Improving |
Good for upper secondary and average for tertiary |
| Participation in tertiary education |
12 percent of population aged 15 and over enrolled in tertiary education institutions (2004) |
Lower rates for males, students from deprived areas; higher for Māori at ages under 18 and over 25 |
Improving |
No direct comparison available for total population aged 15 and over. Average for 20–29 year olds |
Paid Work
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Unemployment |
3.9 percent of the labour force (2004) |
Higher rates for young people, Māori, Pacific and "Other" ethnic groups |
Improving since 1998 almost to
mid-1980s levels |
Very good |
| Employment |
73.5 percent of the population aged 15–64 years (2003) |
Lower rates for young people, women, Māori, Pacific peoples and "Other" ethnic groups |
Improved since 1998 to above
mid-1980s levels |
Good |
| Median hourly earnings |
$15.34 per hour for wage and salary earners ($16.50 for males; $14.40 for females) (2004) |
Lower for Māori, Pacific peoples, youth and females over 30 |
Improving |
No comparison available |
| Workplace injury claims |
146 claims per 1,000 full-time equivalent employees (2003) |
Higher rates for men and Māori |
No change over past year |
No comparison available |
Satisfaction with work-
life balance |
66 percent of employed people say they are satisfied with their work-life balance (2004) |
Men, Māori, people of "Other" ethnicity and people whose personal incomes are more than $60,000 are less likely to be satisfied with their work-life balance |
No data |
No comparison available |
Economic Standard of Living
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Market income per person |
RGNDI of $28,360 per capita (in constant 1995/1996 dollars) (2004) |
Not measured |
Improving |
Poor |
| Income inequality |
The household in the 80th percentile has an income 2.8 times that of the household in the bottom 20th percentile (2004) |
Not relevant |
Worsening slightly |
Poor in the mid-1990s |
| Population with low incomes |
19 percent of population lives in economic family units with incomes below 60 percent of median (2004) |
Higher rates among children, large families, sole parents, Māori or Pacific families, families from "Other" ethnic groups, families who rely on income-tested benefits and families in rented dwellings |
Recent improvement |
Better than OECD median in mid-1990s |
Population with low
living standards |
20 percent of the total population with restricted living standards (ELSI Levels 1–3) (2000) |
As for population with low incomes |
No trend data available |
No comparison available |
| Housing affordability |
22 percent of households spend more than 30 percent of income on housing (2004) |
Higher proportions among Māori, Pacific peoples or "Other" ethnic groups |
Worsened to 1998 then stable |
No comparison available |
| Household crowding |
10 percent of individuals live in households requiring one or more additional bedrooms (2001) |
More common among families with young children, youth, people in rental housing, Māori and Pacific peoples and in South Auckland |
Some improvement |
No comparison available |
Civil and Political Rights
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Voter turnout (general elections) |
72.5 percent of the population eligible to vote (2002) |
Non-voters more likely to be on lower incomes, younger people, Māori or Pacific peoples |
Worsened |
Above average |
| Representation of women in government |
28 percent of seats in Parliament (2002 general election); 31 percent of elected members (2001 local authority elections) |
Not relevant |
Improvement, then marginal decline in latest year |
Good |
| Perceptions of discrimination |
Asians most common group perceived to be subject to discrimination (2004) |
Not relevant |
Deteriorated for people who are overweight, people with disabilities |
No comparison available |
| Perceived corruption |
New Zealand ranked second least corrupt nation with a Corruption Perceptions Index score of 9.6 (2004) |
Not relevant |
Steady |
Very good |
Cultural Identity
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Local content programming on New Zealand television |
Local content programming on New Zealand television |
Not relevant |
Steady |
Below average |
| Māori language speakers |
25 percent of Māori report conversational fluency in Māori (2001) |
Fluent speakers more likely to be older |
No trend available |
Not relevant |
| Language retention |
Varied from 17 percent of Cook Islands Māori to 81 percent of Koreans (2001) |
Not relevant |
No trend available |
No comparison available |
Leisure and Recreation
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Satisfaction with leisure time |
80 percent of the population are satisfied overall with their leisure time (2004) |
Those aged 25–49 years and Asian/Indian people report lower satisfaction rates |
No trend available |
No comparison available |
| Participation in cultural and arts activities |
93 percent of adult population took part in cultural activities (2001/2002) |
Higher participation rates among young people |
No trend available |
No comparison available |
| Participation in sport and active leisure |
70 percent of adults 18 and over, 66 percent of young people 5–17 years were physically active (2000/2001) |
Girls, Pacific young people and Māori and Pacific adults were less likely to be physically active |
Overall improvement, particularly for older adults; deterioration for Māori and Pacific young people |
No comparison available |
Physical Environment
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Air quality |
Average annual PM10 levels were above guidelines in Christchurch in 2004. Auckland exceeded the guideline in 2004. Wellington was below the threshold in 2004. Dunedin reached the threshold level in 2004. Hamilton has been consistently below the New Zealand annual guideline |
Not reported |
Steady |
No comparison available |
| Drinking water quality |
E. coli compliance increased from 71 percent in 2001 to 82 percent in 2003. Cryptosporidium compliance fluctuated from 74 percent in 2001, to 81 percent in 2002, to 73 percent in 2003 |
Not reported |
Steady |
No comparison available |
Safety
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Intentional injury child mortality |
In the five years to 2000, 49 children died as a result of maltreatment, an average of one child per 100,000 children per year |
Higher for children under 5 years |
Improving slightly |
Poor |
| Criminal victimisation |
30 percent of population aged over 15 years were victims of criminal offending, either as individuals or members of households (2000) |
Younger people and Māori more likely to have been a victim of crime |
Similar to 1995 level |
No reliable comparison available |
| Perceptions of safety |
29 percent of population felt unsafe walking alone in their neighbourhood after dark (2001) |
Perceptions more negative among females and Pacific peoples |
No trend available |
No comparison available |
| Road casualties |
10.7 deaths per 100,000 population (2004, provisional) |
High rates among men, young people, Māori, and those aged 65 and over |
Improvement since 1986 |
Average |
Social Connectedness
| Indicators |
Current overall level of indicator
(most recent year) |
Variation within the population |
Is this aspect of the quality of life improving overall? |
How does this aspect of the quality of life compare with the OECD? |
| Telephone and internet access in the home |
97 percent of adult population have access to telephone and 41 percent to internet in their homes (2000) |
Access less likely among Māori and Pacific families, families with unemployed adults and sole-parent families |
No trend available |
Above average for internet |
| Participation in family/whānau activities and regular contact with family/friends |
71 percent of adults had family or friends over for dinner at least once a month in the previous year and 87 percent engage in family/whānau activities (2000) |
Older people and Europeans less likely to be involved in family activities |
No trend available |
No comparison available |
| Trust in others |
69 percent of people aged 15 and over report that people can be trusted (2004) |
Women, Māori, Pacific peoples and those with incomes less than $20,000 report lower levels of trust |
Improving |
Good |
| Loneliness |
18 percent of people aged 15 and over report having felt lonely in the past 12 months (2004) |
People of "Other" ethnicity, young people, people whose incomes are less than $20,000, unemployed people and unpartnered people report higher levels of loneliness |
No trend available |
No comparison available |
| Contact between young people and their parents |
63 percent of male and 61 percent of female students spent enough time with Mum and/or Dad (2003) |
Māori students more likely to report not getting enough time with their Mum and/or Dad |
No trend available |
No comparison available |
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