Sociodemographic profile of children with matched caregiver data in the 2006/2007 NZHS (n=4535) and 2011/2012 NZHS (n=4420), by child ethnicity*
| Sociodemographic variables | Māori children | Pacific children | Asian children | European/Other children | ||||
| 2006/2007 n=1769 | 2011/2012 n=1558 | 2006/2007 n=732 | 2011/2012 n=715 | 2006/2007 n=703 | 2011/2012 n-427 | 2006/2007 n=1619 | 2011/2012 n=1986 | |
| Unweighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted % (95% CI) | Unweighted % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 39.0 (37.6 to 40.4) | 35.3 (33.8 to 36.7) | 16.1 (15.1 to 17.2) | 16.2 (15.1 to 17.3) | 15.5 (14.5 to 16.6) | 9.7 (8.8 to 10.5) | 35.7 (34.3 to 37.1) | 44.9 (43.5 to 46.4) |
| Child gender | ||||||||
| Female | 47.4 (45.0 to 49.7) | 49.0 (46.5 to 51.5) | 45.4 (41.8 to 49.0) | 48.4 (44.7 to 52.1) | 48.4 (44.7 to 52.1) | 46.1 (41.4 to 50.9) | 47.3 (44.9 to 49.8) | 47.7 (45.5 to 49.9) |
| Male | 52.6 (50.3 to 55.0) | 51.0 (48.5 to 53.5) | 54.7 (51.1 to 58.3) | 51.6 (47.9 to 55.3) | 51.6 (47.9 to 55.3) | 53.9 (49.1 to 58.6) | 52.7 (50.3 to 55.1) | 52.3 (50.1 to 54.5) |
| Child age group (years) | ||||||||
| 0–4 | 37.5 (35.3 to 39.8) | 42.1 (39.7 to 44.6) | 35.4 (31.9 to 38.9) | 42.2 (38.6 to 45.9) | 37.7 (34.1 to 41.3) | 45.7 (40.9 to 50.4) | 31.0 (28.7 to 33.2) | 38.6 (36.5 to 40.8) |
| 5–9 | 31.2 (29.1 to 33.4) | 26.6 (24.4 to 28.8) | 31.7 (28.3 to 35.1) | 28.4 (25.1 to 31.7) | 28.6 (25.3 to 31.9) | 27.2 (22.9 to 31.4) | 28.9 (26.7 to 31.1) | 29.2 (27.2 to 31.2) |
| 10–14 | 31.3 (29.0 to 33. 4) | 31.3 (29.0 to 33.6) | 32.9 (29.5 to 36.3) | 29.4 (26.0 to 32.7) | 33.7 (30.2 to 37.2) | 27.2 (22.9 to 31.4) | 40.2 (37.8 to 42.5) | 32.2 (30.2 to 34.2) |
| Caregiver ethnicity* | ||||||||
| Māori | 85.0 (83.3 to 86.6) | 76.5 (74.4 to 78.6) | 22. 7 (19.6 to 25.7) | 23.1 (20.0 to 26.2) | 5.3 (3.6 to 6.9) | 4.7 (2.7 to 6.7) | 2.1 (1.4 to 2.8) | 2.8 (2.1 to 3.6) |
| Pacific | 7.9 (6.7 to 9.2) | 7.8 (6.4 to 9.1) | 77.9 (74.9 to 80.9) | 76.4 (73.2 to 79.5) | 2.4 (1.3 to 3.6) | 6.6 (4.2 to 8.9) | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.7) | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.7) |
| Asian | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.4) | 1.5 (0.9 to 2.1) | 3.1 (1.9 to 4.4) | 3.1 (1.8 to 4.3) | 91.51 (89.4 to 93.5) | 84.1 (80.6 to 87.6) | 0.5 (0.2 to 0.8) | 0.6 (0.3 to 0.9) |
| European/Other | 10.3 (8.9 to 11.8) | 19.0 (17.1 to 21.0) | 5.6 (3.9 to 7.3) | 7.7 (5.7 to 9.6) | 3.7 (2.3 to 5.1) | 9.6 (6.8 to 12. 4) | 97.2 (96.4 to 98.0) | 96.2 (95.4 to 97.1) |
| Caregiver gender | ||||||||
| Female | 67.8 (65.7 to 70.0) | 71.3 (69.1 to 73.6) | 64.2 (60.7 to 67.7) | 72.2 (68.9 to 75.5) | 60.2 (56.6 to 63.8) | 57.4 (52.7 to 62.1) | 59.9 (57.5 to 62.2) | 62.6 (60.4 to 64.7) |
| Male | 32.2 (30.0 to 34.3) | 28.7 (26.4 to 30.9) | 35.8 (32.3 to 39.3) | 27.9 (24.6 to 31.1) | 39.9 (36.2 to 43.5) | 42.6 (37.9 to 47.3) | 40.2 (37.8 to 42.5) | 37.5 (35.3 to 39.6) |
| Caregiver age group (years) | ||||||||
| 15–24 | 20.2 (18.4 to 22.1) | 19.1 (17.1 to 21.0) | 20.1 (17.2 to 23.0) | 21.7 (18.7 to 24.7) | 10.4 (8.1 to 12.6) | 8.9 (6.2 to 11.6) | 9.8 (8.4 to 11.3) | 11.3 (9.8 to 12.6) |
| 25–34 | 34.3 (32.1 to 36.5) | 29.9 (27.6 to 32.2) | 31.4 (28.1 to 34.8) | 30.5 (27.1 to 33.9) | 22.5 (19.4 to 25.6) | 26.9 (22.7 to 31.1) | 21.7 (19.7 to 23.8) | 22.8 (21.0 to 24.7) |
| 35–44 | 28.5 (26.4 to 30.6) | 31.6 (29.3 to 33.9) | 30.1 (26.7 to 33.4) | 26.2 (22.9 to 29.4) | 45.2 (41.6 to 48.9) | 41.0 (36.3 to 45.7) | 46.0 (43.5 to 48.4) | 43.8 (41.6 to 45.9) |
| 45–54 | 12.4 (10.8 to 13.9) | 13.2 (11.5 to 14.9) | 13.4 (10.9 to 15.9) | 14.6 (12.0 to 17.1) | 15.7 (13.0 to 18.3) | 15.2 (11.8 to 18.6) | 19.6 (17.7 to 21.5) | 18.4 (16.7 to 20.1) |
| 55–64 | 3.3 (2.5 to 4.1) | 4.8 (3.7 to 5.8) | 3.6 (2.2 to 4.9) | 5.7 (4.0 to 7.4) | 3.6 (2.2 to 4.9) | 4.7 (2.7 to 6.7) | 1.9 (1.2 to 2.5) | 2.6 (1.9 to 3.3) |
| 65–74 | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.5 to 1.5) | 0.8 (0.2 to 1.5) | 1.3 (0.4 to 2.1) | 2.4 (1.3 to 3.6) | 2.1 (0.8 to 3.5) | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.2) | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.3) |
| ≥75 | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.0) | 0.5 (0.1 to 0.8) | 0.7 (0.1 to 1.3) | 0.1 (0.0 to 0.4) | 0.3 (0.0 to 0.7) | 1.2 (0.2 to 2.2) | 0.3 (0.0 to 0.5) | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.6) |
| Caregiver neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation (NZDep06 index) | ||||||||
| Quintile 1 | 8.3 (7.0 to 9.5) | 6.3 (5.0 to 7.4) | 5.9 (4.2 to 7.6) | 4.3 (2.8 to 5.8) | 14.4 (11.8 to 17.0) | 13.6 (10.3 to 16.8) | 26.3 (24.1 to 28.4) | 23.3 (21.5 to 25.2) |
| Quintile 2 | 11.1 (9. 7 to 12.6) | 7.9 (6.6 to 9.2) | 7.8 (5.9 to 9.7) | 6.3 (4.5 to 8.1) | 16.1 (13.4 to 18.8) | 20.4 (16.6 to 24.2) | 22.2 (20.2 to 24.3) | 21.1 (19.3 to 22.8) |
| Quintile 3 | 16.0 (14.3 to 17.7) | 14.8 (13.1 to 16.6) | 14.1 (11.6 to 16.6) | 10.1 (7.9 to 12.3) | 20.5 (17.5 to 23.5) | 16.9 (13.3 to 20.4) | 21.9 (19.9 to 23.9) | 24.1 (22.2 to 26.0) |
| Quintile 4 | 21.7 (19.7 to 23.6) | 22.5 (20.5 to 24.6) | 18.4 (15.6 to 21.3) | 21.4 (18.4 to 24.4) | 30.4 (27.0 to 33.8) | 23.2 (19.2 to 27.2) | 18.6 (16.7 to 20.5) | 18.2 (16.5 to 19.9) |
| Quintile 5 | 43.0 (40.7 to 45.3) | 48.5 (46.0 to 51.0) | 53.8 (50.2 to 57.4) | 57.9 (54.3 to 61.5) | 18.6 (15.8 to 21.5) | 26.0 (21.8 to 30.2) | 11.0 (9.5 to 12.5) | 13.4 (11.9 to 14.9) |
| Caregiver highest educational qualification | ||||||||
| No secondary school | 42.3 (40.0 to 44.6) | 40.3 (37.9 to 42.8) | 34.4 (30.9 to 37.8) | 29.1 (25.7 to 32.4) | 9.7 (7.5 to 11.9) | 12.5 (9.4 to 15.7) | 17. 8 (15.9 to 19.7) | 18.0 (16.4 to 19.6) |
| Secondary school or higher | 57.7 (55.4 to 60.0) | 59.7 (57.3 to 62.1) | 65.6 (62.2 to 69.1) | 71.0 (67.6 to 74.3) | 90.3 (88.1 to 92.5) | 87.5 (84.4 to 90.7) | 82.2 (80.3 to 84.1) | 82.0 (80.4 to 83.6) |
*Self-identified ethnicity data were classified as total Māori, total Pacific, total Asian and prioritised European/Other. The ‘total’ ethnic categories allow for individuals to be counted once in each ethnic grouping they identify with. These categories, therefore, may overlap.
NZDep06, New Zealand Deprivation Index 2006; NZHS, New Zealand Health Survey.