NZPR Vol 51 showcases a rich range of quantitive family-focused research in Aotearoa as well as the Pacific – plus a timely look at flooding.
2025 Jacoby prize winner, Adam Glucksman uses a large student survey to counter stereotypes of university students whose parents do not hold degrees, finding that being the first in your family to attend university in and of itself does not have a statistically significant impact on subjective wellbeing.
A study of traditional kinship fostering in French Polynesia by Célio Sierra-Paycha and Éva Lelièvre, akin to whangai adoption in Aotearoa, used census and survey data to show that children in fa’a’amu arrangements felt equally close to and supported by their families, and that any differences in outcomes could be explained by socioeconomic status.
The ripple-effects of population ageing is investigated by Lukas Marek, Hans Ulrich Bergler, Lisa Underwood, Irihapeti Bullmore, Hamish Jamieson, Simon Kingham, and Barry Milne, who look at the impact of chronic conditions among older adults on family carers, using the IDI.
Natalia Boven, Barry Milne and Nichola Shackleton also use the IDI and Census data to examine whether the NZ Socioeconomic Index (NZSEI-18) can adequately capture socioeconomic position and human capital, given unequal returns to education and occupation for women and minorities.
Finally, this edition includes the 2025 Newell Prize winning poster, as selected at the biennial 2025 Population Association of New Zealand conference, prepared by Morgan Harris. The poster shines a light on population flooding vulnerability in Aotearoa, combining striking data visualisation with a robust analysis of future flooding risk.
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Contents
Editor’s Notes/ Tuhipoka kaitakatā
Do first-in-family university students experience lower subjective wellbeing? / Kei te pāngia te ākonga ko ia te tuatahi o te whānau kia haere ki te whare wānanga ki te toiora whaiaro iti iho?
ADAM GLUCKSMAN
Traditional fostering reconsidered: A quantitative assessment of fa’a’amu kinship care in French Polynesia /
Ka whakaarotia anō te whāngai tamariki: He aromatawai inerahi o te tiaki whānaungatanga ga’a’amu i Poronīhia Wīwī
CÉLIO SIERRA-PAYCHA, ÉVA LELIÈVRE
The impact of chronic conditions among older adults on family and whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand: a cross-sectional nationwide study using linked microdata / Te pāpānga o ngā mate tauroa o te hunga mātāpuputu ki ngā whānau kei Aotearoa: he rangahau mokowā-wā e whakamahi raraunga whāiti ana kua honoa
LUKAS MAREK, HANS ULRICH BERGLER, LISA UNDERWOOD, IRIHAPETI BULLMORE, HAMISH JAMIESON, SIMON KINGHAM, BARRY MILNE
Returns to human capital by gender and ethnicity: analyses with a population-based occupational socioeconomic measure / Ngā hua ā-rawa tangata mā te ira me te mātāwaka: he tātaritanga me te inenga ohapori umanga ā-taupori
NATALIA BOVEN, BARRY MILNE, NICHOLA SHACKLETON
Poster: A data-driven look at population flooding vulnerability in Aotearoa / He tirohanga ā-raraunga ki te noho whakaraerae ā-taupori ki te waipuke
MORGAN HARRIS
Photo: ‘Three amigos’ by Mareko Tamaleaa on Unsplash
