New Faces, New Futures: New Zealand

Appendix C: Methodology

Table C3: Response status for wave 1 sample

Eligibility status	Number in the sample			Percent (%)
	Offshore	Onshore	Total	Offshore	Onshore	Total
Total number in the sample	4,409	7,793	12,202
Ineligible
Did not arrive in time or take up residence	145	0	145	14.4	0.0	10.8
No initial contact in New Zealand	755	229	984	74.8	68.0	73.1
Other reason(1)	109	108	217	10.8	32.0	16.1
Total	1,009	337	1,346	100.0	100.0	100.0
Eligible
Response	1,937	5,200	7,137	57.0	69.7	65.7
Cannot be contacted	1,336	1,796	3,132	39.3	24.1	28.9
Refusal	95	405	500	2.8	5.4	4.6
Bilingual interviewer not available or respondent was sick	32	55	87	0.9	0.7	0.8
Total	3,400	7,456	10,856	100.0	100.0	100.0

Notes: ¹ Includes migrants who died before the interview date, migrants who did not speak a survey language, and migrants aged under 16 at the time of residence approval.

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