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An Examination of the Links between Parental Educational Qualifications, Family Structure and Family Wellbeing, 1981–2006

Publication Details

The primary purpose of this report is to examine and describe the relationship between family structure and family wellbeing and the educational qualifications of parents in New Zealand families over the period 1981–2006.

Author(s): Gerard Cotterell, Martin von Randow & Mark Wheldon [The University of Auckland]

Date Published: September 2008

Acknowledgements

The Family and Whānau Wellbeing Project (FWWP) is funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. Practical support from the Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland, is also gratefully acknowledged.

We are grateful to research team members who assisted with the report preparation including Roy Lay-Yee, Celine Wills, Andrew Sporle, Charles Crothers and the direction and management provided by Peter Davis and Daniel Patrick.

We would also like to thank the staff at Statistics New Zealand who provided advice and our external reviewers, Eve Coxon and James Newell, for their comments. Responsibility for the final product, however, rests solely with the authors.

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