Appendix 2: monitoring framework

MEDIAN ANNUAL INCOME

Statistics New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings 2001.

The median of the before tax income for the respondent in the 12 months ended 31 March 2001. To overcome collection difficulties, total personal income is collected as an income range rather than an actual dollar income.

The median annual income for women was $14,500 and $25,000 for men.

Māori women had a lower median annual income of $13,200 while Māori men had a median annual income of $18,600.

AVERAGE HOURLY INCOME

Statistics New Zealand New Zealand Income Survey (June 2002).

Total hourly earnings for all wage and salary earners divided by the number of people receiving wages and salaries.

The average hourly income of women was $16.57 and $19.02 for men.

Māori women had a lower average hourly income of $13.59 while Māori men had an average hourly income of $14.97.

PROPORTION OF THE LABOUR FORCE EMPLOYED

Statistics New Zealand Household Labour Force Survey(June 2003 Quarter).

All people in the working-age population who during the reference week:
(a) Worked for one hour or more for pay or profit in the context of an employee/ employer relationship or self-employment. (b) Worked without pay for one hour or more in paid work which contributed directly to the operation of a farm, business or professional practice owned or operated by a relative (before April 1990, defined as 15 hours or more). (c) Had a job but were not in paid work due to:
* own illness or injury
* personal or family responsibilities, bad weather or mechanical breakdown
* direct involvement in an industrial dispute
* leave or holiday.

The employment rate for women was 95.1% and 95.6% for men.

Māori women had a lower employment rate of 88.4% while Māori men had an employment rate of 90.6%.

LABOUR FORCE PARTICIP-ATION RATE

Statistics New Zealand Household Labour Force Survey (June 2003 Quarter).

The total number in the labour force(employed + unemployed) divided by the working-age population. Seasonally adjusted.

The labour force participation rate for women was 59% and 79.8%for men.

Māori women had a rate of 58.1% compared to 60.5% for European women. Māori men had a rate of 74.4%.

UNEMPLOY-MENT

Statistics New Zealand Household Labour Force Survey (2003).

The number of those unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force.

The unemployment rate for women was 4.9% and 4.4% for men.

Māori women had a significantly higher unemployment rate of 11.6% while Māori men had an unemployment rate of 9.4%.

BACHELOR DEGREE COMPLETION

Ministry of Education Education Statistics of New Zealand for 2001.

Number of public tertiary graduates who qualified with a Bachelor's degree.

15,409 women graduates and 8,708 male graduates.

N/A.

LIFE EXPECT-ANCY

Ministry of Health Decades of Disparity: Ethnic mortality trends in New Zealand 1980-1999 (July 2003). Statistics New Zealand Demographic Trends (2002, 2003).

The expected number of years a hypothetical newborn male or female would live if they were subject throughout their lives to the age specific mortality patterns prevailing over a three-year period centred on their birth year.

80.9 years for women and 76 years for men.

Higher for females. Māori females have a life expectancy of 71 years while Māori men have 65.8 years.

PREVALENCE OF OBESITY

Ministry of Health An Indication of New Zealanders' Health (2002).

The accumulation of excess body fat to the extent that health is adversely affected (WHO 2000). Measured by Body Mass Index (BMI) dividing weight (kg) by height (metre) squared. Adults with a BMI greater than30kg/m2 are classified as obese. The cut-off for Māori and Pacific peoples was 32kg/m2.

19% of women are obese while 15% of men are obese.

Higher for females. Pacific women have the highest levels at 47.2%. 27.9% of Māori women are obese.

PREVALENCE OF SMOKING

Ministry of Health Tobacco Facts May 2002 (2002).

The proportion of the population aged 15 and over who ever smoke any ready-made cigarettes or roll-your-own tobacco cigarettes.

25% of women aged 15 years and over smoke and 25% of men aged 15 years and over smoke.

Māori women have extremely high rates of smoking. 51.4% of Māori women aged 15 years and over smoke.

ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE MORTALITY

Ministry of Health: New Zealand Health Information Service Mortality and Demographic Data 1999 (2003).

Rates are per 100,000 age standardised to Segi's world population. Deaths from ischaemic heart disease.

The death rate for women was 61.9 women per 100,000. The rate for men was 130.7 men per 100,000.

Māori women had a significantly higher rate of death than non-Māori women:129.1 per 100,000 compared to 56.9 per 100,000 respectively.

SEXUAL VICTIM-ISATION

Morris et al New Zealand National Survey of Crime Victims 2001 (2003). Ministry of Justice, customised tables.

The number of individuals who have been the victims of one or more incidents of sexual interference or sexual assault in their lifetime as a proportion of the population aged 15 and over.

19% of women aged over 15 years were victims of sexual offending, compared to only 5% of men.

Both Māori men (7.1%) and women (23.4%) had higher levels of sexual victimisation.

CRIMINAL VICTIM-ISATION

Morris et al New Zealand National Survey of Crime Victims 2001 (2003). Ministry of Justice, customised tables.

The number of individuals aged 15 and over who have been the victim of one or more incidents of criminal offending over a year.

Overall criminal victimisations are very similar between men and women - 30% for women and 29% for men.

Māori women and Māori men had higher levels. Māori women had 42.9% and Māori men had 38.7%.