Child Poverty in New Zealand 2022 report
MSD’s 2022 report uses Stats NZ’s Household Economic Survey (HES) to provide detailed information on:
- the demographics of child poverty, with breakdowns by different household characteristics
- what it means in practice day-to-day for children who are identified as ‘poor’ by one or more of the CPRA measures – using child-specific indicators
- how New Zealand children are faring compared with their European counterparts
- trends in material hardship and low-income rates for households with children
- the interpretation of the high-level CPRA figures that Stats NZ publish each year.
The report is in two parts:
- Part One – Wide range of detailed findings, with a special focus on the use of child-specific hardship indicators to paint a picture of ‘life below the line’.
- Part Two – Several in-depth technical sections relating to measurement issues.
It complements the Stats NZ release on trends and progress to government targets, and is a resource for public discussion, research and policy development for addressing child poverty. It has no more up-to-date headline trend figures than were published by Stats NZ in February 2022. The 2021-22 update is scheduled by Stats NZ for February 2023.
Overview and Selected Findings
This is a shortened version of Part One of the full report, with very little technical material.
