2008 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey: Quitting Results Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2009 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey 2008: Quitting results, focussing on the quitting behaviour of current smokers, is the second report based on the New Zealand Tobacco…
Participation events and sustained, increased levels of physical activity Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2009 Physical (in)activity remains a significant public health issue in most countries including New Zealand. In recent years participation in large sporting events, aimed at mass participation,…
Investigating accident compensation spells using linked employer-employee data Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2009 This project was motivated by the Accident Compensation Corporation’s (ACC’s) interest in better understanding the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED). In particular, they were interested in its…
Employment Outcomes of Tertiary Education Feasibility Study Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2009 The investigation into the integration of tertiary education administrative data with the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED) indicates that the integration is feasible. This conclusion was reached…
The impact of firm closure on worker's future labour market outcomes Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 This paper examines the impact of job loss due to firm closure on workers’ employment, earnings, and benefit receipt. It uses data from Statistics New Zealand’s…
Longitudinal Immigration Survey for New Zealand Last Publication Date: 05 May 2009 The primary objective of the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) is to provide comprehensive data about the settlement experiences of migrants in their first three…
How Much Difference Does It Make? Notes on Understanding, Using, and Calculating Effect Sizes for Schools Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 A good way of presenting differences between groups or changes over time in test scores or other measures is by ‘effect sizes’, which allow us to…
Key Findings on New Zealand's Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 The focus of Statistics New Zealand’s 2009 report Measuring New Zealand’s Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach: 2008 was to answer the question ‘How is New…
Reconviction Patterns of offenders managed in the community: A 60-months follow-up analysis Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This report is the second in a series of reports which summarise patterns of reconviction (over 5 years) amongst almost 35000 offenders who started community sentences…
Degrees of Separation in the New Zealand Workforce: Evidence from linked employer-employee data Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 The idea that the world is a small place has been around for a long time. In the 1960’s the psychologist Stanley Milgram, who is perhaps…
