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Table 2 Distribution of demographic variables by socially-assigned ethnicity combinations among people who self-identify as Māori

From: The relationship between socially-assigned ethnicity, health and experience of racial discrimination for Māori: analysis of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey

 

Socially-assigned ethnicity

Characteristic

European-only n = 771

Any Māori or other non-European ethnicities* n = 2389

Unweighted frequency (weighted %)

Unweighted frequency (weighted %)

Gender

  

  Female

484 (54.5)

1471 (53.3)

  Male

287 (45.5)

918 (46.7)

Age group

  

  15–24 years

162 (27.7)

482 (27.0)

  25–34 years

172 (21.6)

553 (20.8)

  35–44 years

166 (21.3)

504 (20.5)

  45–54 years

108 (13.6)

413 (16.6)

  55–64 years

83 (9.2)

223 (8.7)

  65–74 years

52 (4.5)

150 (4.8)

  75+ years

28 (2.1)

64 (1.6)

Qualification

  

  No secondary

279 (32.6)

1183 (48.5)

  Secondary education

492 (67.4)

1198 (51.5)

ELSI

  

  Severe hardship

23 (1.9)

111 (4.0)

  Significant hardship

31 (4.8)

144 (5.4)

  Some hardship

49 (5.6)

226 (8.5)

  Fairly comfortable

85 (8.4)

335 (14.7)

  Comfortable

183 (25.6)

539 (23.7)

  Good

283 (39.5)

783 (33.9)

  Very good

102 (14.2)

206 (9.8)

Area deprivation (NZDep06)

  

  Decile 1 (least deprived)

53 (7.9)

42 (2.1)

  Decile 2

50 (6.8)

102 (4.8)

  Decile 3

63 (9.0)

86 (3.6)

  Decile 4

80 (10.7)

118 (6.0)

  Decile 5

64 (8.0)

144 (6.5)

  Decile 6

91 (10.1)

204 (8.5)

  Decile 7

96 (13.5)

251 (10.9)

  Decile 8

100 (13.3)

273 (12.2)

  Decile 9

71 (10.9)

438 (17.8)

  Decile 10 (most deprived)

103 (9.9)

731 (27.5)

Individual deprivation (NZiDep)

  

  Level 1 (least deprived)

408 (54.3)

988 (43.0)

  Level 2

160 (22.1)

483 (21.5)

  Level 3

71 (8.6)

309 (12.6)

  Level 4

84 (10.2)

378 (15.2)

  Level 5 (most deprived)

48 (4.9)

226 (7.7)

  1. *Any socially-assigned Māori or other non-European ethnicity, either alone or in combination with socially-assigned European ethnicity (1848 Māori only, 288 Māori and European, 105 Māori and non-European, 148 other socially-assigned combinations).