A Portrait of Health: Key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey Last Publication Date: 04 Jun 2008 Portrait of Health is the first release of key descriptive findings from the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey. Analyses have been presented by gender, age group,…
Inquiry Report: Ministry of Social Development: Preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) expects to pay more than $13 billion in social security benefits in 2007/08. Therefore, it is vital that New…
Why are there so many short jobs in LEED? Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 The main objective of this paper is to investigate the use of earnings spells in LEED as a measure of job tenure. The paper was motivated…
Pathways to Inclusion Strategy Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 The purpose of the evaluation report is to inform interested parties of the extent to which vocational service providers have aligned their service with the Pathways…
Recent Trends in Illegal Drug Markets in New Zealand, 2005 - 2007 Last Publication Date: 14 Feb 2008 The IDMS was established in 2005 to provide ongoing and timely information on changes in drug use and drug-related harm in New Zealand. It is conducted…
LEED-MSD feasibility study: a report on the feasibility of integrating benefit data with LEED Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2008 The investigation into the integration of Ministry of Social Development (MSD) benefit data with the Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) production system indicates that the integration is…
Local Authority Candidates 2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 This report presents the results of a survey of local authority election candidates in the October 2007 elections. Candidates include those standing for community boards, licensing…
Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 New Zealand’s large and volatile external migration flows generate significant year-to-year fluctuations in the demand for residential housing. This paper uses population data from the 1986,…
The Social Report 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 The Social Report uses a set of statistical indicators to monitor trends across 10 "domains”, or areas of people’s lives. Together these domains provide a picture…
Statistics New Zealand’s Framework for Measuring Sustainable Development Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 Statistics New Zealand’s Framework for Measuring Sustainable Development defines the concept of sustainable development and provides a basis for selecting indicators to measure progress towards sustainable…