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New Faces, New Futures: New Zealand

Background Characteristics

Table 2.3: Marital status of migrants by immigration approval category
Marital status Immigration approval category (%) Total (%)
Skilled principal Skilled secondary Business category Family Partner Family Parent Pacific category Other
Total weighted 12,480 8,460 2,190 7,020 2,300 1,620 2,120 36,180
Partnered 71.6 87.1 60.3 81.5 68.3 65.4 49.5 74.7
NZ-born spouse/partner 3.0 0.7 S 45.0 S 1.2 2.8 10.2
Non-NZ born spouse/partner 67.1 85.2 58.9 36.2 66.5 63.6 44.3 63.4
Unknown where spouse/partner born 1.4 1.1 S S 1.3 S 2.4 1.1
Not partnered 28.4 13.1 39.3 18.5 31.3 34.0 50.5 25.3

Note: Excludes responses identified as not specified.

Symbol: S = suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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