Table 1.

Variables included in NZDep96

	Variable	Description
1	Communication	People with no access to a telephone
2	Income	People aged 18–59 receiving a means-tested benefit
3	Employment	People aged 18–59 unemployed
4	Income	People living in households with equivalised1 income below an income threshold
5	Transport	People with no access to a car
6	Support	People aged < 60 living in a single-parent family2
7	Qualifications	People aged 18–59 without any qualifications3
8	Owned home	People not living in own home
9	Living space	People living in households below equivalised1 bedroom occupancy threshold

(1) Equivalisation = methods used to control for household composition; (2) People less than 60 in a single parent family with dependent children as a proportion of all people under 60; (3) School or post school educational or training qualifications.