Respondents were asked to rate their move based on their perceived change in the standard of living between their current residence and their previous residence. Satisfaction levels were on a scale of five categories ranging from very satisfied to very dissatisfied. About one-third of movers from rural to urban areas were satisfied or very satisfied with their current standard of living compared with the previous residence. However, close to half of movers within rural areas, from urban to rural areas, or within urban areas, provided the same rating. The outcome of the move was also measured with respect to ratings of social life, employment opportunities, housing and environment, and an overall rating, at the current residence in comparison with the previous residence.
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Information sources
The data used comes from the Survey of Dynamics and Motivations for Migration in New Zealand: March 2007 quarter.
Technical notes
The document attached in the available files section, provides a three-level definition of the classification of reasons for moving from and to location, not moving location, moving to New Zealand and planning to move location.
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Glossary
Please refer to Glossary.
Further information
This page is part of a web-based analytical report by Statistics New Zealand.
The report includes more than 10 topics. To see the other topics, go to the Internal Migration report introduction page.