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This report provides information on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the different types of families and households in which New Zealanders live.

Published 6 December 2002

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Catalogue Code 22.118
ISSN 0110-8700
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List of tables

1. Selected summary characteristics, for families in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
2. Family type by child dependency status by regional council, for families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
3. Family type by child dependency status by sources of family income (total responses), for families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
4. Family type by child dependency status by total family income, for families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
5. Selected summary characteristics, for couples without children in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
6. Selected summary characteristics, for opposite-sex couples without children in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
7. Selected summary characteristics, for same-sex couples without children in private occupied dwellings, 1996 and 2001
8. Selected summary characteristics, for couples with child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
9. Selected summary characteristics, for opposite-sex couples with child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
10. Family type by child dependency status by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for opposite-sex couples with child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
11. Selected summary characteristics, for same-sex couples with child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 1996 and 2001
12. Family type by child dependency status by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for same-sex couples with child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
13. Selected summary characteristics, for couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
14. Selected summary characteristics, for opposite-sex couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
15. Age group of mother and age group of father by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for opposite-sex couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
16. Total personal income of mother and total personal income of father by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for opposite-sex couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
17. Number of dependent children in family and age group of youngest dependent child in family by total family income, for opposite-sex couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
18. Work and labour force status of mother and work and labour force status of father by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for opposite-sex couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
19. Work and labour force status of mother and work and labour force status of father by age group of youngest dependent child in family, for
    opposite-sex couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 2001
20. Selected summary characteristics, for same-sex couples with dependent child(ren) in private occupied dwellings, 1996 and 2001
21. Selected summary characteristics, for one parent with child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
22. Age group and sex of sole parent by age group of youngest child in family, for one parent with child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
23. Family type by child dependency status by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for one parent with child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
24. Selected summary characteristics, for one parent with dependent child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
25. Age group and sex of sole parent by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for one parent with
    dependent child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
26. Sources of personal income (total responses) and sex of sole parent by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for one parent with dependent child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
27. Total personal income and sex of sole parent by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for one parent with dependent child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
28. Sex of sole parent, number of dependent children in family and age group of youngest dependent child in family by total personal income of sole parent, for one parent with dependent child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
29. Work and labour force status and sex of sole parent by number of dependent children in family and total number of children in family, for
    one parent with dependent child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
30. Work and labour force status and sex of sole parent by age group of youngest dependent child in family, for one parent with dependent
    child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
31. Selected summary characteristics, for extended families in private occupied dwellings, 1996 and 2001
32. Sources of extended family income (total responses) by extended family type, for extended families in private occupied dwellings, 2001
33. Selected summary characteristics for families in temporary private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
34. Regional council by family type, for families in temporary private occupied dwellings, 2001
35. Selected summary characteristics, for households in private occupied dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001
36. Household composition by regional council, for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001
37. Household composition and number of usual residents in household by number of bedrooms, for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001 
38. Household composition by number of dependent children in household, for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001
39. Household composition by sources of household income (total responses), for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001
40. Household composition by total household income, for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001
41. Household composition by tenure of household, for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001
42. Household composition by access to telecommunication systems (total responses), for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001
43. Household composition by number of motor vehicles, for households in private occupied dwellings, 2001