New Zealand Health Survey
The New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) provides information about the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders.
You can find on this page:
- information for respondents
- published survey results
- survey methodology and information
- how to access survey microdata
Information for respondents
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Information for participants about the New Zealand Health Survey, including how interviews are conducted and their privacy protected.
Published survey results
The Health of New Zealand Adults 2011/12
This report presents key findings about adults aged 15 years and over in 2011/12, from the New Zealand Health Survey. Topics include health behaviours and risk factors, health conditions, and access to health services.
The Health of New Zealand Children 2011/12
This report presents key findings about children aged 0–14 years in 2011/12, from the New Zealand Health Survey. Topics include health behaviours and risk factors, health conditions, and access to health services.
This brief report presents key findings about hazardous drinking among New Zealand adults in 2011/12.
These data tables give regional results from the 2011/12 New Zealand Health Survey. Adult results are available for regions, and larger public health units and district health boards. Child results are available by region.
The Health of Māori Adults and Children
This brief report summarises key findings about the health and wellbeing of Māori adults and children in 2011/12, from the New Zealand Health Survey.
The Health of Pacific Adults and Children
This brief report summarises key findings about the health and wellbeing of Pacific adults and children in 2011/12, from the New Zealand Health Survey.
This brief report presents findings about problem gambling in New Zealand in 2011/12.
A Portrait of Health: Key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey
This report presents key findings from the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey, for adults and children.
Survey methodology and information
New Zealand Health Survey Methodology Report
This report describes the methodology of the New Zealand Health Survey, including detailed information about the 2011/12 survey.
Questionnaires and content guides
The questionnaires and content guides give information about the content of the adult and child surveys.
The New Zealand Health Survey Sample Design, Years 1–3 (2011–2013)
This report outlines the sample design of the New Zealand Health Survey.
The New Zealand Health Survey: Objectives and topic areas
This report outlines the key information domains and topic areas in the survey.
Access to survey microdata
Researchers can apply to access the unit record data from the survey for research purposes.
A confidential unit record file (CURF) of the New Zealand Health Survey will be available mid-2013, through Statistics New Zealand.
Read more about How to access survey microdata.
Go to Statistics New Zealand to find out how to apply to CURFs.
In this section
- Information for participants about the New Zealand Health Survey, including how interviews are conducted and their privacy protected. Read more
Been invited to take part?
You may have come to this website because you have been invited to take part in the New Zealand Health Survey.
Publications
- The Health of New Zealand Children 2011/12
- The Health of New Zealand Adults 2011/12
- New Zealand Health Survey Methodology Report 2011-2012
- The New Zealand Health Survey: Content Guide and questionnaires 2011-2012
- Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Preliminary Results from the New Zealand Health Survey (July 2011 – March 2012)
- The New Zealand Health Survey Sample Design, Years 1–3 (2011–2013)
- The New Zealand Health Survey: Objectives and topic areas
- A Focus on the Health of Māori and Pacific Children: Key findings of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey
- A Portrait of Health. Key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey
- Methodology report for the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey
- New Zealand Health Survey Content Guide 2006/07 [refer Library Catalogue]
- A Portrait of Health: Key results of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey
- Embodying Social Rank: How body fat varies with social status, gender and ethnicity in New Zealand
- Taking the Pulse: the 1996/97 New Zealand Health Survey [refer Library Catalogue]
- 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey questionnaires [refer Library Catalogue]
- Protocols for collecting height, weight and waist measurements in New Zealand Health Monitor (NZHM) Surveys [refer Library Catalogue]
- Body Size Technical Report: Measurements and classifications in the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey [refer Library Catalogue]
- Presenting Ethnicity: Comparing prioritised and total response ethnicity in descriptive analyses of New Zealand Health Monitor surveys [refer Library Catalogue]
- Monitoring Tobacco Use in New Zealand: A Technical Report on Defining Smoking Status and Estimates of Smoking Prevalence
- The New Zealand Health Monitor: Updated Strategic Plan [refer Library Catalogue]
- A Focus on Problem Gambling: Results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey
- Sampling the Maori population in the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey (Statistics Canada)
- Development and testing of a caregiver-proxy child health questionnaire for the New Zealand Health Survey (Statistics Canada)
Page last updated: 18 April 2013
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