Contact between young people and their parents

Definition: The proportion of secondary school students aged 12–18 years who said they get enough time with their Mum and/or Dad most of the time, as reported in the Youth’07 survey.

This image is a visual representation of the data for this indicator. See the table below this image for the information.

Percentage of secondary school students who said they get enough time with their parent(s) most of the time, 2007

Region		Male	Female
1	Northland	67	46
2	Auckland	60	49
3	Waikato	63	49
4	Bay of Plenty	53	50
5	Gisborne	63	49
6	Hawke’s Bay	63	49
7	Taranaki	63	52
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	63	52
9	Wellington	58	58
10	Tasman	67	52
11	Nelson
12	Marlborough
13	West Coast
14	Canterbury	64	53
15	Otago	70	58
16	Southland	63	60
New Zealand		62	50

Source: Adolescent Health Research Group, Ministry of Social Development
Notes: (1) The figure for Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay females has been revised
(2) The figures in the map are weighted averages calculated by MSD from the raw data for males and females.

^ top