Table 3.
Recorded complete and timely vaccination status for selected vaccines of Cohorts A and B by visa group from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2015, New Zealand.
| Cohort A (child’s visa) |
Cohort B (mother’s visa) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number in cohort |
N = 75,375 |
N = 50,136 |
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| Visa group | Yes | (%) | No | (%) | Unknown | (%) | Yes | (%) | No | (%) | Unknown | (%) |
| Refugee (quota)1 | 9 | (2.8) | 285 | (87.2) | 33 | (10.1) | 135 | (62.5) | 81 | (37.5) | - | - |
| Pacific | 63 | (3.8) | 1,098 | (65.9) | 504 | (30.3) | 480 | (51.6) | 441 | (47.4) | 9 | (1.0) |
| International (non-Pacific)/Refugee (non-quota) | 33 | (6.5) | 387 | (75.9) | 90 | (17.6) | 456 | (67.3) | 222 | (32.7) | S | S |
| Convention refugee & Humanitarian2 | 27 | (6.6) | 312 | (75.9) | 72 | (17.5) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Humanitarian | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | (47.8) | 33 | (52.2) | S | S |
| Convention refugee1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 348 | (69.5) | 153 | (30.5) | - | - |
| Refugee family | 6 | (6.1) | 75 | (75.8) | 18 | (18.2) | 72 | (33.3) | 36 | (66.7) | S | S |
| Residence | 381 | (7.4) | 2,658 | (51.7) | 2,100 | (40.9) | 2,961 | (59.2) | 1,902 | (38.0) | 138 | (2.8) |
| Family | 207 | (11.6) | 1,104 | (62.1) | 468 | (26.3) | 3,099 | (61.1) | 1,845 | (36.4) | 129 | (2.5) |
| Adopted child3 | S | S | S | S | 105 | (67.3) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Child of citizen or resident | 258 | (15.7) | 909 | (55.4) | 474 | (28.9) | 24 | (53.3) | S | S | S | S |
| Work4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9,507 | (58.8) | 6,252 | (38.6) | 417 | (2.6) |
| Work & student | 66 | (2.6) | 813 | (32.3) | 1,638 | (65.1) | 120 | (54.8) | S | S | S | S |
| Work & visitor | 969 | (5.8) | 6,519 | (39.0) | 9,243 | (55.2) | 348 | (54.5) | 270 | (42.3) | 21 | (3.3) |
| Visitor | 267 | (3.1) | 2,316 | (27.1) | 5,952 | (69.7) | 2,688 | (57.0) | 1,893 | (40.2) | 132 | (2.8) |
| Overstay | 18 | (4.0) | 165 | (36.9) | 264 | (59.1) | 486 | (54.7) | 375 | (42.2) | 27 | (3.0) |
| Medical treatment | S | S | 12 | (14.3) | 72 | (85.7) | 6 | (66.7) | S | S | S | S |
| Seasonal work4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | (60.9) | S | S | S | S |
| Working holiday4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 585 | (51.7) | 477 | (42.2) | 69 | (6.1) |
| Student parent4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,077 | (54.1) | 870 | (43.7) | 45 | (2.3) |
| Other | 63 | (6.0) | 432 | (41.3) | 552 | (52.7) | 4,959 | (62.7) | 2,751 | (34.8) | 195 | (2.5) |
| Visa not required or missing5 | 3,153 | (9.2) | 12,330 | (35.9) | 18,897 | (55.0) | 1,662 | (42.5) | 2,016 | (51.6) | 231 | (5.9) |
| Total | 5,502 | (7.3) | 29,100 | (38.8) | 40,401 | (53.9) | 28,641 | (57.7) | 19,536 | (39.4) | 1,425 | (2.9) |
Note: ‘Yes’ = complete and timely vaccination of MMR, PCV and DTP vaccines. Rotavirus vaccine was not included; ‘No’ = not complete and timely vaccination, includes children who are partially vaccinated, received delayed vaccinations or declined vaccinations; ‘Unkn’ = children without a record on the NIR; Total N by International (non-Pacific)/Refugee (non-quota) grouping is italicised; S = values suppressed (fewer than 6) to protect privacy.
1 No and Unknown were aggregated for Cohort B
2Aggregated because of low numbers for Cohort A
3 Visa category not applicable for Cohort B
4 Visa category not applicable for Cohort A
5 The majority of this group included migrants from countries where a visa for New Zealand is not needed (e.g., Australia)