Abstract
The Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) was designed to collect longitudinal data in order to understand how well migrants settle over their first three years as residents in New Zealand. The survey interviews migrants at around 6 months (wave 1), 18 months (wave 2), and 36 months (wave 3) after their residence uptake. The aim is to achieve a sample of around 5,000 migrants at the third interview, allowing for non-response rates and attrition rates.
Purpose
The findings from the LisNZ will be used to inform broad immigration policy, particularly in the areas of immigration selection and settlement policies. In addition, the findings will assist a variety of agencies and community groups in developing services for migrants. More detailed analysis will be carried out and reported by the Department of Labour at a later date. The survey sample was selected from migrants aged 16 years and over (excluding refugees) who were approved for permanent residence in New Zealand from 1 November 2004 to 31 October 2005. Wave 1 interviews were conducted between 1 May 2005 and 30 April 2007, and wave 2 interviews between 1 May 2006 and 30 April 2008. The number of interviewed respondents (both onshore and offshore applicants) totalled 7,137 and 6,156 for wave 1 and wave 2, respectively. This release reports on the 6,156 longitudinal respondents (interviewed at both waves). For wave and longitudinal respondent definitions, refer to the technical notes of this release. Along with a description of the immigration approval categories used in this Hot Off The Press, this release focuses on changes in aspects of migrants’ settlement experiences in New Zealand and on their outcomes in the labour market since their first interview.
Citation Information
Title
Longitudinal Immigration Study of New Zealand
Creator
Statistics New Zealand
Publisher
Statistics New Zealand
Rights
Statistics New Zealand
Coverage Information
Temporal Coverage
- 2004-11 to 2010-09
Topical Coverage
- Population
- Migration
- Demography
- Education
- Health
- Settlement
- Housing
- Employment
- Social
- Living arrangement
Studies
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Main users of the data
Main users of the data
Statistics New Zealand and the Department of Labour.
Usage and limitations of the data
Usage and limitations of the data
- SNZ (Statistics New Zealand) had released unit-records of all three waves of the survey with estimation weights in SNZ data lab as well as DoL (Department of Labour) data lab for users of the data. All external users are required to comply with the requirements of the Statistics Act 1975.
- These output datasets will be used by DoL, SNZ researchers and other users of the data on an ongoing basis for ad hoc research and policy development for such time as is considered appropriate.
- The Department Labour will be the main user of LisNZ data for research, however SNZ research groups may also access the data. Currently researchers and analysts from Population Statistics as well as Social Conditions are currently accessing LisNZ data for research.
Frequency
Frequency
11 Other