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Life in New Zealand: Settlement Experiences of Skilled Migrants Results from the 2007 Survey.

Figure 14: Reasons for dissatisfaction with main job for employed respondents by principal and secondary applicants (n=121)
  N=121 N=85 N=36
  Total Principal Secondary
Other 23 31 6
Experiencing discrimination from my employer because I am a migrant 4 6 0
Want more hours of work 7 4 14
Want to work different hours but not more hours 9 9 8
This job is not my preferred occupation 31 25 44
Not using my skills or experience 41 41 42
Pay is too low 52 46 67
Total 100 100 100

Total may not sum to 100% due to rounding.