Table 1.

Demographic, social and economic characteristics of SoFIE respondents at Wave 1

Wave 1a (N = 29685)	N	%		N	%
Sex			Personal incomeb
Male	14 155	47.7	q1: low–<7600	4100	18.5
Female	15 530	52.3	q2: 7600–<14 310	4085	18.5
Age at interview			q3: 14 310–<25 650	4955	22.4
0–14	7520	25.3	q4: 25 650–<41 480	4495	20.3
15–24	3800	12.8	q5: 41 480–high	4510	20.4
25–34	3730	12.6	Household income
35–44	4530	15.3	q1: low–<21 070	5350	18.0
45–54	3760	12.7	q2: 21 070–<34 010	7280	24.5
55–64	2895	9.8	q3: 34 010–<49 380	6065	20.4
65+	3450	11.6	q4: 49 380–<72 280	5510	18.6
Marital statusb			q5: 72 280–<high	5470	18.4
Never Married	7320	33.0	Labour market activityb
Married	11 090	50.0	Working	13 590	61.3
Divorced	1465	6.6	Not employed, looking for work	605	2.7
Widowed	1410	6.4	Not employed, not looking for work	7965	35.9
Separated	875	3.9	Overseas	10	0.0
DK/REFc	10	0.1	NZ deprivation
Ethnicity prioritized			NZDepQ1 (least)	5260	17.7
NZ/European	20 385	68.7	NZDepQ2	5540	18.7
Māori	4865	16.4	NZDepQ3	4910	16.5
Pacific	2130	7.2	NZDepQ4	6695	22.6
Asian	1750	5.9	NZDepQ5 (most)	7270	24.5
Other	550	1.9	Major region
Self-rated healthb			Auckland	8510	28.7
Excellent	8335	37.6	Waikato	2740	9.2
Very Good	7145	32.2	Wellington	3650	12.3
Good	4600	20.8	Rest of North Island	6760	22.9
Fair	1590	7.2	Canterbury	4235	14.3
Poor	490	2.2	Rest of South Island	3785	12.8
Highest educational qualificationb
No qualification	5980	26.9
School qualification	6185	27.9
Post-school vocational	7125	32.1
Degree or higher	2880	13.0

^aAll counts and values in the tables have been randomly rounded (up or down) to the nearest multiple of five and cells with counts less than 10 were imputed with the value 10. Therefore, table totals may differ from the sum of individual cells. Some column percentages in the tables may also sum to greater than 100, as the percentages were calculated according to the random rounded totals.

^bAsked of adults only.

^cDon't know/refused to answer.