Methodology Report 2018/19: New Zealand Health Survey

This methodology report details the procedures and protocols followed to ensure the New Zealand Health Survey produces the high-quality and robust data expected of official statistics.

Included is information about:

• the survey population and sample design
• data collection
• response rates and coverage rates
• weighting
• data processing
• analysis methods
• correction of errors in previously published data.

Information specific to the data collection and analysis of the New Zealand Health Survey 2018/19 is included in Section 9 of this report.