Table 1.
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 |
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| 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.