Labour Market Characteristics of Unpaid Carers Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 A substantial part of the workforce — about one-eighth — engage in unpaid care for "persons with ill health, a disability, mental illness, an addiction, or…
Health and Lifestyles Survey 2010: Methodology Report Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) is a monitor of the health behaviour and attitudes of New Zealand adults aged 15 years and over, and parents…
Ethnicity, National Identity and ‘New Zealanders’: Considerations for Monitoring Māori Health and Ethnic Inequalities Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2010 Measuring and monitoring Māori health depends on having high-quality, available ethnicity data, both in the health sector and in official statistics more generally. This paper discusses…
Māori, Science and Innovation - scenarios of potential, opportunity and value Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 This paper summarises scenarios modelled to demonstrate potential benefits (or costs) to the Māori economy, as well as to the wider NZ economy over the period…
Never Let Your Child Get Sunburnt: Did the messages get through? In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 In 2007/08, the Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) launched the Never Let Your Child Get Sunburnt campaign. The campaign targeted parents and caregivers and explained the link…
Living With Addiction: Exploring the issues for families Last Publication Date: 23 Nov 2010 This report explores and exposes issues that have arisen for New Zealand family members as they have supported a family member through an alcohol and/or other…
Issues Paper 03: Economic Wellbeing of Sole-parent Families Last Publication Date: 11 Nov 2010 This Families Commission report provides a snapshot of the economic situations of all sole-parent families, based on 2006 Census statistics. Sole-parent families are defined as families where there…
Issues Paper 04: Paid Parental Leave Last Publication Date: 11 Nov 2010 The Families Commission released a research report and recommendations for improving paid parental leave in 2007 (Families Commission, 2007). Events since that time – particularly the…
Life After Study: International students' settlement experiences in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 This report uses multiple information sources to describe the characteristics of international students in New Zealand, the motivations of former international students who have successfully transitioned…
The right of people with disabilities to be parents Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 Social Work Now, Issue 46, pages 25-28. Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which New Zealand became a signatory…