Which working households are more
likely to experience
Poverty?
6.3% Couples with children
6.4%
or single adults
9.6% Multi-family households
7.7% Women*
7.2%
9.5%
5.9%
Adults*
8.6%
Māori
Pacific Peoples
New Zealand Europeans
** Migrants from
+7.4% pp
4.9%
North-East Asia
Bachelors degrees
Those with physical
7.9-8.5% health difficulties
9.2%
Renters
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
Couples without children
Single parent households
Men*
4.8%
12.3%
6.6%
Children*
10%
New Zealand Europeans
Asian or 9.4%
Middle Eastern/Latin
American /African
5.9%
9.5%
OR
OR
Migrants from the
United Kingdom
OR
OR
With difficulties learning or
communicating/socialising
No qualifications
Home owners
-1.7% pp
**
10.7%
10.1%
5.2%
* % of people associated with in-work poor households
** percentage points’ difference in prevalence, relative to the sample average
Unless specified otherwise, percentages indicated are the share of working households that are experiencing
poverty, where at least one member identifies as noted.
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