Data Dictionary
NZIS 2011 SURF Data Dictionary
variable values meaning variable values meaning
sex 1 male occupation 1 Managers
2 female ANZCO 2 Professionals
agegrp 15 15–19 first digit only 3 Technicians and Trades Workers
five year age groups 20 20–24 4 Community and Personal Service Workers
25 25–29 5 Clerical and Administrative Workers
30 30–34 6 Sales Workers
35 35–39 7 Machinery Operators and Drivers
40 40–44 8 Labourers
45 45–49 9 Residual Categories
50 50–54 10 No occupation
55 55–59 lgr 1 Northland
60 60–64 region 2 Auckland
65 65+ 3 Waikato
ethnicity 1 European 4 Bay of Plenty
up to two given 2 Māori 5 Gisborne / Hawke’s Bay
3 Pacific Peoples 6 Taranaki
4 Asian 7 Manawatu-Wanganui
5 Middle Eastern/Latin American/African 8 Wellington
6 Other Ethnicity 9 Nelson/Tasman/Marlborough/West Coast
9 Residual Categories 10 Canterbury
qualification 1 None 11 Otago
highest education qualification 2 School 12 Southland
3 Vocational/Trade hours continuous 0 to 168 hours rounded to half hours
4 Bachelor or Higher weekly hours in all wage and salary jobs
5 Other income continuous -5100 to 25443 dollars rounded to
gross weekly income from all sources whole dollars (losses are negative).
Summary Statistics
CART SURF based on the Income Survey 2011
Average and median weekly income for all people
Aged 15 years and over
Comparison of summary statistics between SURF and NZIS 2011 release
Mean:
all sources collected Median:
all sources collected Number of people
(000) Mean:
all sources collected Median:
all sources collected Number of people
(000)
SURF NZIS 2011 Release
Sex
Male 779 642 1,674.0 850 700 1,683.3
Female 611 461 1,787.1 563 432 1,777.8
Total 692 536 3,461.1 703 550 3,461.1
Age group (years)
15–19 198 0.0 309.1 116 0.0 316.3
20–24 567 501 321.7 465 404 321.9
25–29 715 660 301.1 692 683 291.5
30–34 796 717 275.9 819 740 270.9
35–39 899 774 286.8 899 779 290.2
40–44 883 726 308.3 923 777 311.4
45–49 871 725 322.4 957 804 318.6
50–54 911 733 296.2 944 776 297.0
55–59 844 690 251.3 878 722 255.7
60–64 816 662 234.2 717 525 235.4
65+ 421 315 554.2 533 385 552.2
Total 692 536 3,461.1 703 550 3,461.1
Ethnic group(1)
European 706 552 2,585.0 752 580 2,586.5
Māori 590 443 428.9 562 459 436.5
Pacific peoples 606 432 183.9 479 390 188.7
Asian 678 531 365.2 560 405 367.1
MELAA(2) 658 495 40.3 618 414 41.1
Other ethnicity(3) 731 552 81.5 700 520 72.8
Total(4) 692 536 3,461.1 703 550 3,461.1
Highest qualification
No qualification 565 397 809.3 459 359 798.6
School Certificate / NCEA level 1 564 429 829.6 524 397 265.4
Sixth form / NCEA level 2 539 410 217.5
Higher school / NCEA level 3 545 361 223.2
Other school 487 372 130.5
Vocational or trade 734 612 990.6 789 680 999.9
Bachelor’s or higher degree 955 796 613.4 1,097 948 603.4
Other post-school 725 571 218.2 804 614 174.2
Total(4) 692 536 3,461.1 703 550 3,461.1
1. People who reported more than one ethnic group are counted once in each group reported. This means that the total number of responses for all ethnic groups can be greater than the total number of people who stated their ethnicities.
2. The MELAA category contains all Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African ethnicity responses.
3. The category ‘other ethnicity’ includes the ‘ er’ responses.
4. Totals include the ‘not specified’ category.
&R&9 Income Survey: June 2011 quarter
&R&9www.stats.govt.nz