The New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS) provides information on the well-being of New Zealanders aged 15 years and over. It covers a wide range of social and economic outcomes and shows how people are faring. In particular the survey provides a view of how well-being outcomes are distributed across different groups within the New Zealand population.
Reports and articles
Accessing the NZGSS data
A Confidentialised Unit Record File (CURF) of the NZGSS is available for research. CURFs are available to all researchers at minimal cost and free to universities. CURFs come in SAS format, but can be modified by the user to work with other applications, eg SPSS. The NZGSS CURF is proving popular because it is very similar to the original dataset.
Information about the data
New Zealand General Social Survey Data Dictionary
Descriptions of the variables in the New Zealand General Social Survey 2010 and 2008 original and CURF datasets.
Related information
New Zealand General Social Survey 2010 questionnaire
Printed example of the NZ General Social Survey 2010 questions that were asked as electronic questionnaire.
New Zealand General Social Survey 2008 questionnaire
Printed example of the NZ General Social Survey 2008 questions that were asked as electronic questionnaire.
External websites
Australian General Social Survey 2010 (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Canadian General Social Survey (Statistics Canada)
General Household Survey (Office for National Statistics, UK)
The Social Report 2009 (Ministry of Social Development)
New Zealand Health Survey (Ministry of Health)
Quality of Life 2010
Information and help
If you have any queries, please contact Social and Cultural Statistics, Statistics New Zealand:
Email: social.conditions@stats.govt.nz
Phone: (04) 931-4600
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