List of figures

  1. Figure SW1.1 – Changes in measures
  2. Figure SW1.2 – New Zealand relative to OECD countries
  3. Figure P1.1 – Change in New Zealand population, 1937–2068
  4. Figure P1.2 – Components of population change, 1992–2014
  5. Figure P1.3 – Ethnic composition, 2001–2013
  6. Figure P1.4 – Fertility rate, by age group, 1998–2014
  7. Figure P1.5 – Family type, 2001–2013
  8. Figure H1.1 – Life expectancy at birth, by sex, 1950–1952 to 2012–2014
  9. Figure H1.2 – Life expectancy at birth, by ethnic group and sex, 1950–1952 to 2012–2014
  10. Figure H2.1 – Health expectancy (years of life at birth free from functional limitation),
    by sex, 1996–2013
  11. Figure H2.2 – Health expectancy (years of life at birth free from functional limitation),
    by ethnic group and sex, 1996–2013
  12. Figure H3.1 – Suicide mortality age-standardised rates, 1972–2012
  13. Figure H3.2 – Suicide mortality, numbers and age-standardised rates, by sex, 1972–2012
  14. Figure H3.3 – Age-specific suicide mortality rates, by age group, 1972–2012
  15. Figure H3.4 – Suicide mortality, age-standardised rates, by ethnic group, 1996–2012
  16. Figure H4.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who rated their health
    as good, very good or excellent, by sex, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  17. Figure H4.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who rated their health
    as good, very good or excellent, by ethnic group, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  18. Figure H5.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who experienced
    psychological distress, by sex, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  19. Figure H5.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who experienced
    psychological distress, by ethnic group, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  20. Figure H6.1 – Proportion of population aged 2 years and over who were obese,
    by sex and adult/child, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  21. Figure H6.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who were obese,
    by ethnic group, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  22. Figure H7.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who were current smokers,
    by sex, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  23. Figure H7.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who were current smokers,
    by ethnic group, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  24. Figure H8.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who were potentially
    hazardous drinkers, by sex, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  25. Figure H8.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who were potentially
    hazardous drinkers, by age group, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  26. Figure H9.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who met physical
    activity guidelines in the last week, by sex, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  27. Figure H9.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who met physical activity
    guidelines in the last week, by ethnic group, 2006/2007–2013/2014
  28. Figure K1.1 – Proportion of children starting school who attended early
    childhood education, 2000–2014
  29. Figure K1.2 – Proportion of children aged 3 and 4 attending early childhood education,
    by service type, 2000–2014
  30. Figure K2.1 – Proportion of school leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, or equivalent,
    1997–2014
  31. Figure K2.2 – Proportion of school leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above,
    by school decile, 2009 and 2014
  32. Figure K3.1 – Age-standardised tertiary education participation rate, 1994–2014
  33. Figure K3.2 – Age-standardised tertiary education participation rate,
    by qualification level, 2007–2014
  34. Figure K3.3 – Age-standardised tertiary education participation rate, by qualification
    level and ethnic group, 2014
  35. Figure K4.1 – Proportion of adults aged 25–64 years with an educational qualification
    of at least NCEA Level 2 and Bachelor's degree or higher, 1986–2014
  36. Figure K4.2 – Proportion of adults aged 25–64 years with an educational qualification
    of at least NCEA Level 2 and Bachelor's degree or higher, by sex, 1986–2014
  37. Figure K4.3 – Proportion of adults with an educational qualification of at least NCEA
    Level 2 and Bachelor's degree or higher, by ethnic group, selected years 1986–2014
  38. Figure K5.1 – Proportion of adults aged 16–65 years with literacy and numeracy skills
    at Level 3 or above, 1996 and 2006
  39. Figure PW1.1 – Unemployment rate, 1986–2014
  40. Figure PW1.2 – Unemployment rate, by ethnic group, 1986–2014
  41. Figure PW2.1 – Employment rate, 1986–2014
  42. Figure PW2.2 – Employment rate, by ethnic group, 1986–2014
  43. Figure PW3.1 – Real median hourly earnings from wage and salary jobs
    (June 2014 dollars), by sex, June quarters, 1997–2014
  44. Figure PW3.2 – Real median hourly earnings from wage and salary jobs,
    by sex and age group, June quarter, 2014
  45. Figure PW3.3 – Real median hourly earnings from wage and salary jobs, by ethnic group,
    June quarter, 2009–2014
  46. Figure PW4.1 – Age-standardised rate of serious non-fatal work-related injury,
    2002–2014
  47. Figure PW4.2 – Age-specific and age-standardised rate of serious non-fatal work-related
    injury, by age group and sex, 2012/2014
  48. Figure PW5.1 – Proportion of employed people by level of job satisfaction, 2008–2014
  49. Figure PW5.2 – Proportion of employed people who were very satisfied or satisfied with
    their job, by personal income and Material Wellbeing Index, 2014
  50. Figure PW5.3 – Proportion of employed people who were very satisfied or satisfied with
    their job, by family type, 2014
  51. Figure PW6.1 – Proportion of employed people by level of satisfaction with work-life
    balance, 2008 and 2012
  52. Figure PW6.2 – Proportion of employed people who were very satisfied or satisfied with
    their work-life balance, by ethnic group, 2012
  53. Figure PW6.3 – Proportion of employed people who were very satisfied or satisfied with
    their work-life balance, by occupation, 2012
  54. Figure EC1.1 – Real gross national disposable income (RGNDI) per person, 1991–2014
  55. Figure EC1.2 – Gross national income (GNI) per person, 2013
  56. Figure EC2.1 – Ratio of the 80th percentile of equivalised disposable household income
    (before housing costs) to the 20th percentile of equivalised disposable household
    income, 1982–2014
  57. Figure EC2.2 – Inequality in New Zealand and the OECD using the Gini coefficient,
    1982–2014
  58. Figure EC3.1 – Proportion of population with net-of-housing-costs household incomes
    below selected thresholds, 1982–2014
  59. Figure EC3.2 – Proportion of population with net-of-housing-costs household incomes
    below threshold using CV-07, by age group, selected years 1986–2014
  60. Figure EC3.3 – Real equivalised median household incomes, by ethnic group,
    1988–2014 ($2014)
  61. Figure EC4.1 – Proportion of population with material hardship, 2007–2014
  62. Figure EC4.2 – Proportion of population below the less severe material hardship
    threshold, by age group, 2013–2014 averaged
  63. Figure EC5.1 – Proportion of households with housing cost outgoings-to-income ratio
    greater than 30 percent, 1988–2014
  64. Figure EC5.2 – Proportion of households with housing cost outgoings-to-income ratio
    greater than 30 percent, by income quintile (Q1-Q5), 1988–2014
  65. Figure EC6.1 – Proportion of population by bedroom requirements, 1986–2013
  66. Figure EC6.2 – Proportion of people needing one or more additional bedrooms,
    by ethnic group, 1986–2013
  67. Figure EC6.3 – Proportion needing one or more bedrooms, by household tenure,
    1986–2013
  68. Figure CP1.1 – Proportion of estimated voting-age population who cast votes, 1984–2014
  69. Figure CP1.2 – Proportion of non-voters by self-reported characteristics,
    2008 and 2011 General Elections
  70. Figure CP1.3 – Proportion of estimated voting-age population who cast votes in
    mayoral and council elections, 1989–2013
  71. Figure CP2.1 – Women as a proportion of elected Members of Parliament, 1984–2014
  72. Figure CP2.2 – Proportion of women candidates and elected women in local
    government elections, 1989–2013
  73. Figure CP3.1 – Members of Parliament identifying as Māori, Pacific peoples or Asian,
    1984–2014
  74. Figure CP4.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who reported they
    had been discriminated against in the last 12 months, by sex and age group, 2014
  75. Figure CP4.2 – Reasons given by those who had reported they had been discriminated
    against in the last 12 months, by ethnic group, 2014
  76. Figure CP4.3 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who reported they
    had been discriminated against in the last 12 months, by personal income and
    Material Wellbeing Index, 2014
  77. Figure CP5.1 – Level of comfort (very comfortable/comfortable) with having new
    neighbours from five selected minority groups, 2014
  78. Figure CP5.2 – Proportion of population who said they would feel very comfortable
    or comfortable with a new neighbour from a selected minority group, by age group, 2014
  79. Figure CP5.3 – Proportion of population who said they would feel very comfortable
    or comfortable with a new neighbour from a selected minority group,
    by ethnic group, 2014
  80. Figure CP6.1 – Corruption Perceptions Index scores (0=highly corrupt,
    100=highly clean), OECD countries, 2014
  81. Figure CI1.1 – Proportion of local content on prime-time television, 2006–2014
  82. Figure CI2.1 – Proportion of Māori speakers in the Māori population, by age group,
    2001–2013
  83. Figure CI3.1 – Proportion of people who could speak the first language of their
    ethnic group, 2001–2013
  84. Figure CI3.2 – Proportion of people who could speak the first language of their
    ethnic group, by birthplace, 2013
  85. Figure CI4.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over by how easy or difficult
    it was to be themselves in New Zealand, 2014
  86. Figure CI4.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who felt it was very
    easy or easy to be themselves in New Zealand, by ethnic group and
    migrant status, 2014
  87. Figure CI4.3 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who felt it was very
    easy or easy to be themselves in New Zealand, by personal income and
    Material Wellbeing Index, 2014
  88. Figure L1.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over, by views on amount
    of free time in the last four weeks, 2008–2012
  89. Figure L1.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who reported having
    the right amount of free time in the last four weeks, by ethnic group, 2008 –2012
  90. Figure L2.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who had attended
    at least one arts event or actively participated in the arts in the previous
    12 months, 2005–2014
  91. Figure L2.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who had attended
    at least one arts event or actively participated in the arts in the previous 12 months,
    by sex, 2005–2014
  92. Figure L2.3 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who had attended
    at least one arts event or actively participated in the arts in the previous 12 months,
    by ethnic group, 2005–2014
  93. Figure SS1.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who had a crime
    committed against them in the last 12 months, 2008–2014
  94. Figure SS1.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who had a crime
    committed against them in the last 12 months, by ethnic group, 2008–2014
  95. Figure SS2.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who felt safe or very
    safe doing various activities, 2014
  96. Figure SS2.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over by feelings of safety
    about walking alone in their neighbourhood after dark, by ethnic group, 2014
  97. Figure SS3.1 – Age-standardised assault mortality rates, 1972–2012
  98. Figure SS3.2 – Age-specific assault mortality rates, by age group, 1982–2012
  99. Figure SS3.3 – Number and age-specific rates of assault mortality, by sex, 1972–2012
  100. Figure SS3.4 – Assault mortality rates, by ethnic group, 1996–2012
  101. Figure SS4.1 – Motor vehicle traffic crash injury and death rates per 100,000
    population, 1980–2014
  102. Figure SS4.2 – Motor vehicle traffic crash death rates per 100,000 population,
    by age group, 1990–2014
  103. Figure SS4.3 – Motor vehicle traffic crash mortality age-standardised rates,
    by ethnic group, 1996–2012
  104. Figure SC1.1 – Proportion of population with landline telephone, cellphone and
    internet access in the household, 2001–2013
  105. Figure SC2.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over whose contact
    with non-resident family was “about right”, by age group, 2008–2012
  106. Figure SC2.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over whose contact
    with non-resident family was “about right”, by ethnic group, 2008–2012
  107. Figure SC2.3 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over whose contact
    with non-resident friends was “about right”, by age group, 2008–2012
  108. Figure SC2.4 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over whose contact
    with non-resident friends was “about right”, by ethnic group, 2008–2012
  109. Figure SC3.1 – Proportion of secondary school students who said they get enough
    time with their parent(s) most of the time, by sex, 2001–2012
  110. Figure SC4.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over by levels of
    trust in others, 2014
  111. Figure SC4.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who said they
    could trust most people, by ethnic group, 2014
  112. Figure SC4.3 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who said
    they could trust most people, by personal income and Material Wellbeing
    Index, 2014
  113. Figure SC5.1 – Levels of loneliness experienced by the population aged 15 years
    and over during the last four weeks, 2014
  114. Figure SC5.2 – Proportion of population who reported feeling lonely all, most or
    some of the time during the last four weeks, by sex and age group, 2014
  115. Figure SC5.3 – Proportion of population who reported feeling lonely all, most or
    some of the time during the last four weeks, by personal income and Material
    Wellbeing Index, 2014
  116. Figure SC5.4 – Proportion of population who reported feeling lonely all,
    most or some of the time during the last four weeks, by family type, 2014
  117. Figure SC6.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who reported
    doing voluntary work in the past four weeks, 2008–2012
  118. Figure SC6.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over who reported
    doing voluntary work in the past four weeks, by ethnic group, 2008–2012
  119. Figure LS1.1 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over by ratings of
    overall life satisfaction and sense of purpose, 2014
  120. Figure LS1.2 – Proportion of population aged 15 years and over by ratings of
    overall life satisfaction, by ethnic group, 2014
  121. Figure SU1.1 – Recent-change and medium-term-change for social wellbeing
    outcomes for selected indicators
  122. Figure SU1.2 – Social wellbeing in New Zealand, relative to OECD countries
  123. Figure DS1.1 – Changes in social wellbeing for Māori, selected indicators,
    2005–2008 to 2012–2014
  124. Figure DS1.2 – Changes in social wellbeing for Pacific peoples, selected indicators,
    2005–2008 to 2012–2014
  125. Figure DS1.3 – Changes in social wellbeing for the Asian ethnic group,
    selected indicators, 2005–2008 to 2012–2014
  126. Figure DS1.4 – Sex differences in social wellbeing outcomes,
    selected indicators, 2012–2014
  127. Figure AP3.1 – Income and material hardship framework