From the dataset New Zealand Health Survey: Mental Health and Problematic Substance Use - Prevalence/mean 2023, this data was extracted:
Rows: 2-2,806
Columns: 5-16
Provided: 5,616 data points
Dataset originally released on:
June 10, 2024
About this dataset
This report presents information and key results from the mental health and problematic substance use module of the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS).
Method of collection/Data provider
The New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) included a module on mental health and problematic substance use (including tobacco, alcohol and illicit substance use) in 2016/17, 2021/22 and 2022/23.
Because of smaller achieved sample sizes in 2021/22 and 2022/23, data from these years have been pooled (combined) to produce more precise estimates. The combined data is referred to as 2021–23 data and has a slightly smaller sample size compared to 2016/17: 10,256 adults and 2,628 children in 2021–2023, compared with 12,929 adults and 3,733 children in 2016/17.
As mental health is a sensitive topic, and individuals may not be comfortable disclosing information about their use of illicit substances, respondents were able to self-complete the module on a tablet provided using computer-assisted-self-interviewing. The module for children was completed by the child’s primary parent or caregiver.