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Last Publication Date: 2 Feb 2007
This report, Urban-Rural Health Comparisons: Key results of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey, compares the health status of New Zealand adults living in urban and…
Last Publication Date: 1 Dec 2006
Family life cycle stages are an essential research model, but sometimes cannot reflect current social variations. This study reviews that model and different empirical typologies that…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jun 2006
Cultural activities play a significant part in the daily lives of New Zealanders, contributing, among other things, to our national identity and our understanding of ourselves…
Last Publication Date: 1 Mar 2006
This paper explores the issues surrounding data collection and the diversity of family types, with particular emphasis on family connections across households. Most of the official…
Last Publication Date: 1 May 2005
Longitudinal data provides the opportunity to study the evolution of New Zealand families and to determine the impact of family background and circumstances on child development…
Last Publication Date: 1 Nov 2004
In New Zealand, the weekly paid hours worked by individuals have generally not been considered in the context of hours of paid work of other adults…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jan 2004
This literature study gathers and synthesises information on household debt problems from national and international literature. Its aim was to: review the literature so as to…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jun 2003
In recent years, researchers have identified a growth in both "work-poor" and "work-rich" households in several OECD countries, including New Zealand, indicating an increasing concentration of…
