This annual report - Taranaki District Health Board

Distribution by Ethnicity and NZ Deprivation Index DecileIn New Zealand during 2006, while the proportion of children living in a sole parenthousehold increased with increasing NZDep deprivation for each of New Zealand’s largestethnic groups, at each level of deprivation, the proportion living in sole parent householdswas higher for Māori, than for Pacific, than for Asian children. For European children, alower proportion lived in sole parent households than Pacific or Asian children in the leastdeprived (NZDep deciles 1–3) areas, although a higher proportion lived in sole parenthouseholds in the most deprived (NZDep deciles 9–10) areas (Figure 28).Figure 28. Proportion of Children Aged 0–14 Years Living in Sole Parent Households byEthnicity and NZ Deprivation Index Decile, New Zealand at the 2006 Census6050MāoriPacificEuropeanAsian% of Children 0–14 Years4030201001 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10NZ Deprivation Index DecileSource: Statistics New Zealand; Note: Ethnicity is Level 1 PrioritisedMidland Region DistributionDistribution by DHBIn the Waikato during 2006, 27.0% of children aged 0–14 years lived in sole parenthouseholds, as compared to 31.4% in Lakes DHB, 29.4% in the Bay of Plenty, 36.3% inTairawhiti and 25.8% in Taranaki.Distribution by EthnicityIn the Waikato during 2006, a higher proportion of Māori > Pacific > European and Asianchildren lived in sole parent households, while in Lakes DHB, the Bay of Plenty, Tairawhitiand Taranaki, a higher proportion of Māori than European children lived in a sole parenthousehold (Figure 29).Distribution by NZ Deprivation Index DecileIn all of the DHBs in the Midland Region during 2006, the proportion of children living insole parent households increased with increasing NZDep deprivation, with the highestrates being seen amongst children living in the most deprived (NZDep decile 10) areas.Amongst those living in the most deprived areas, the proportion living in sole parenthouseholds was 50.0% in the Waikato, 49.9% in the Bay of Plenty, 54.4% in Lakes DHB,53.0% in Tairawhiti and 53.6% in Taranaki (Figure 30).Children in Sole Parent Households - 95