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Table 1 Sociodemographic data by ethnicity from Youth'07-national survey of secondary school student's health and wellbeing, New Zealand 2007

From: Ethnic discrimination prevalence and associations with health outcomes: data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of secondary school students in New Zealand

 

Māori

Pacific

Asian

Other

NZ European

Total

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

  

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

Total

1702

 

924

 

1126

 

531

 

479

 

9080

 
  

18.7

 

10.2

 

12.5

 

5.9

7

52.6

  
  

15.6-21.9

 

6.4 - 14.1

 

7.6 - 17.4

 

5.0 - 6.8

 

47.6 - 57.7

  

Sex

            

Male

882

52.0

497

53.8

619

55.1

273

51.3

263

55.0

4902

54.1

  

45.6 - 58.4

 

43.7 - 63.9

 

42.8 - 67.4

 

43.7 - 58.9

1

47.4 - 62.5

 

47.5 - 60.7

Female

820

48.0

427

46.2

507

44.9

258

48.7

216

45.0

4178

45.9

  

41.6 - 54.4

 

36.1 - 56.3

 

32.6 - 57.2

 

41.1 - 56.3

6

37.5 - 52.6

 

39.3 - 52.5

Age (years)

            

≤ 13

414

24.1

213

23.0

163

14.5

107

20.1

959

19.8

1856

20.3

  

21.3 - 26.8

 

20.6 - 25.5

 

10.5 - 18.4

 

16.6 - 23.5

 

17.8 - 21.9

 

18.5 - 22.1

14

434

25.6

201

21.6

211

18.7

109

20.3

113

23.7

2094

23.0

  

23.2 - 27.9

 

19.1 - 24.2

 

16.8 - 20.7

 

16.0 - 24.6

9

22.2 - 25.2

 

21.7 - 24.3

15

387

22.8

196

21.3

221

19.5

133

25.2

103

21.6

1968

21.7

  

20.9 - 24.7

 

18.5 - 24.1

 

17.8 - 21.2

 

21.1 - 29.3

1

20.4 - 22.8

 

20.9 - 22.6

16

268

15.8

182

19.7

252

22.4

107

20.2

932

19.5

1741

19.2

  

14.2 - 17.5

 

17.1 - 22.4

 

19.6 - 25.3

 

17.2 - 23.2

 

18.1 - 20.8

 

18.1 - 20.3

≥ 17

199

11.7

132

14.3

279

24.9

75

14.2

736

15.4

1421

15.7

  

10.1 - 13.3

 

11.9 - 16.7

 

21.8 - 27.9

 

10.3 - 18.1

 

13.9 - 16.9

 

14.3 - 17.1

NZDep2006

            

Low deprivation

334

20.3

70

7.8

424

38.6

219

42.4

216

46.4

3215

36.4

  

16.3 - 24.2

 

4.6 - 11.0

 

29.6 - 47.5

 

33.3 - 51.5

8

41.6 - 51.3

 

31.1 - 41.7

Medium deprivation

577

34.9

221

24.8

481

43.8

190

36.9

192

41.0

3395

38.3

  

30.9 - 38.9

 

18.2 - 31.4

 

39.8 - 47.8

 

31.6 - 42.2

6

37.7 - 44.4

 

35.5 - 41.2

High deprivation

743

44.9

601

67.4

194

17.6

107

20.7

594

12.5

2239

25.3

  

38.3 - 51.4

 

58.4 - 76.4

 

9.4 - 25.9

 

13.9 - 27.5

 

10.2 - 14.9

 

19.8 - 30.7

Parents worry about having enough money to buy food

            

Never

869

54.8

362

43.5

740

71.2

362

43.5

311

70.1

5415

64.4

  

52.3 - 57.4

 

38.6 - 48.4

 

66.6 - 75.7

 

38.6 - 48.4

8

67.7 - 72.6

 

61.5 - 67.4

Occasionally/sometimes

553

34.7

336

40.4

233

22.2

336

40.4

109

24.3

2352

27.8

  

32.2 - 37.2

 

36.0 - 44.9

 

19.0 - 25.4

 

36.0 - 44.9

4

22.4 - 26.3

 

25.6 - 29.9

Often/all the time

165

10.5

134

16.1

70

6.6

134

16.1

251

5.6

659

7.8

  

8.6 - 12.4

 

13.8 - 18.4

 

4.6 - 8.6

 

13.8 - 18.4

 

4.8 - 6.4

 

6.7 - 8.8

Moved home 2 or more times in last 12 months

            

Yes

311

18.7

187

20.7

177

16.0

70

13.5

393

8.3

1138

12.8

  

16.9 - 20.4

 

16.2 - 25.2

 

13.5 - 18.4

 

10.7 - 16.4

 

7.4 - 9.2

 

11.7 - 13.9

No

1362

81.3

718

79.3

933

84.0

451

86.5

433

91.7

7794

87.2

  

79.6 - 83.1

 

74.8 - 83.8

 

81.6 - 86.5

 

83.6 - 89.3

0

90.8 - 92.6

 

86.1 - 88.3