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The New Zealand General Social Survey 2010
Philip Walker and Scott Ussher
1st December 2011
NZGSS 2010 – results and opportunities
• NZGSS is a multi-dimensional survey of wellbeing…
• Researchers and policy makers can access NZGSS unit record data directly though the NZGSS CURF which is released today
Products using GSS 2008 CURF• Measuring Social Inclusion: People with
experience of mental distress and addiction (Mental Health Commission, September 2011)
• Maori Life Satisfaction Fact sheet (Te Puni Kokiri, February 2011).
• Benefits of tertiary certificates and diplomas – exploring economic and social outcomes (Ministry of Education, May 2010)
• Second survey in the series (first in 2008)• Achieved samples of more than 8,000
individuals • More than 400 variables covering twelve life
domains plus demographics and overall life satisfaction.
NZGSS 2010
Offers unique perspective
• includes objective and subjective measures across a wide range of social and economic outcomes
• shows the distribution of well being outcomes across population groupings.
Cross-domain analysis
• “Developments in one domain of quality of life affect other domains”
• “The consequences for quality of life of having multiple disadvantages far exceed the sum of their individual effects”
Stiglitz et al
Wellbeing and social connectedness
• Social connectedness has been identified as one of the strongest predictors of peoples’ subjective wellbeing
• Includes:–being partnered–contact with family and friends–volunteering
The association between social isolation and health
• Research questions– Is there an association between isolation
and physical and mental health?– Do these associations remain after
adjusting for covariate factors?– What other factors have an adjusted
association with isolation?
Framework for social isolation and health
Social isolation
Health
Mental health
Physical health
Social
Living alone
Work/study
Economic
Standard of living
Demographic
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
GSS variablesFramework variable GSS domain
Social isolation Social connectedness
Physical health Health
Mental health Health
Living alone Core household
Work/study Paid workKnowledge and skills
Standard of living Economic standard of living
Age Core person
Gender Core person
Ethnicity Core person
Social isolation by mental health
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90Percent
Poor mental health Good mental health
Social isolation by physical health
-
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80 Percent
Poor physical health Good physical health
Social isolation by age
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 63 66 69 72 75 78 81 84 87 90
Percent
Other findings
• Other people more likely to feel socially isolated are:– Females– People living alone– People living in economic hardship– Asian and Māori– Unemployed
Multivariate analysis
• Findings from an initial multivariate analysis– Association with mental health significant– Association with physical health is not– Other significant factors
• Economic standard of living• Age• Living alone• Asian
How to apply for a CURF
• Applications for a CURF can be made through Statistics NZ website
• www.stats.govt.nz (search micro data)
• Or you can talk to us after the seminar!
CURF costs
• For universities in the CONZUL agreement the CURF is free.
• For everyone else the costs are:• Assessment and Approval admin fee........$405• User set-up fee.......................................$30• Project support charge.............................$7.50 per
month for the duration of the project.
Questions?
