Who are New Zealand's youth?
Youth are New Zealanders aged 12 to 25. They are a diverse range of people undergoing development as they move from childhood to adulthood.
What are population statistics about youth used for?
Statistics about youth are used to count, estimate and project the population of New Zealanders aged 12 to 25 years, and the dwellings, locations and environments that they live in.
They are also used to describe the characteristics of New Zealand youth (eg sex, ethnicity, educational attainment, employment), and to compare youth with the total New Zealand population, and with other age groups of New Zealanders.
Resources
Young New Zealanders
A report on young people living in New Zealand undergoing the transition from childhood to adulthood. Published by Statistics New Zealand, 1998.
School Leavers with No Qualifications
Characteristics of school leavers with no qualifications (from 1991 to 2000) and some of the paths they take, published by Statistics New Zealand.
Department of Child, Youth and Family
Website includes some aggregated statistics about the Department of Child, Youth and Family's work with disadvantaged children, youth and their families.
Youth Offending
Ministry of Justice report on youth offending strategy and ministerial taskforce, published 2002.
The Report on Young People not in Education, Training or Employment: Key Indicators, 2003, (Chapters 2 and 3)
Ministry of Social Development report, published 2003.
Teenage Fertility in New Zealand
This article presents a brief demographic analysis of recent trends and patterns in teenage fertility in New Zealand, published by Statistics New Zealand, 2003.
References
Mahoney T (2004). Isolating the scarring effects associated with the economic inactivity of youth in New Zealand: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, Department of Labour, Wellington.
Silva P and Stanton W (1996). From Child to Adult: The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, Oxford University Press, Auckland.
Experts
For further information email the Demography Division of Statistics New Zealand or write to:
Robert Didham
Demography Division
Statistics New Zealand
Dollan House
401 Madras Street
Private Bag 4741
Christchurch