Child Poverty Rises with Material Hardship Spike, June 2023

Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2019
Measure (a): BHC 5017.9
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed22.4
Measure (c): material hardship22.6
16.019.8
20.224.6
20.324.9
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 5015.8
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed19.7
Measure (c): material hardship19.7
13.618.0
17.521.9
17.322.1
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 5017.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed16.8
Measure (c): material hardship20.2
15.220.2
14.619
17.622.8
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2022 R
Measure (a): BHC 5013.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed15.8
Measure (c): material hardship18.8
10.516.9
12.718.9
15.222.4
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2023
Measure (a): BHC 5014.4
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed19.8
Measure (c): material hardship21.5
12.216.6
17.122.5
19.123.9
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2019
Measure (a): BHC 5018.6
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed21.5
Measure (c): material hardship28.2
15.321.9
18.324.7
2432.4
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 5018.8
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed20.5
Measure (c): material hardship26.5
15.322.3
17.323.7
22.330.7
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 5017.1
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed14.7
Measure (c): material hardship24.0
14.020.2
11.917.5
19.628.4
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2022 R
Measure (a): BHC 5019.3
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed19.5
Measure (c): material hardship25.9
13.125.5
14.424.6
19.532.3
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2023
Measure (a): BHC 5017
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed17.3
Measure (c): material hardship28.9
12.821.2
12.921.7
23.834
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2020
Measure (a): BHC 5016
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed21.5
Measure (c): material hardship20.7
12.719.3
17.925.1
17.324.1
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2021
Measure (a): BHC 5015.9
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed16.6
Measure (c): material hardship20.5
12.918.9
13.519.7
17.523.5
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2022 R
Measure (a): BHC 5016.6
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed14
Measure (c): material hardship21.8
12.520.7
10.517.5
1726.6
Selected child poverty measureYear ended June 2023
Measure (a): BHC 5012.7
Measure (b): AHC 50 fixed16.5
Measure (c): material hardship22.3
1015.4
13.619.4
18.626

Data collection for the year ended June 2023

Data collection for the latest Household Economic Survey was reduced due to ongoing challenges in the collection environment. The achieved sample size was approximately 14,100 households, whereas the designed target sample size for the survey is 20,000 households.

After thorough data quality analysis, the child poverty statistics for the year ended June 2023 were deemed fit-for-purpose, but users should note that margins of error are higher than designed for. This is especially true for smaller groups such as tamariki Māori, Pacific children, and disabled children. Furthermore, estimates of annual change have larger sample errors than in previous years due to the significantly reduced sample size for the year ended June 2022.

Stats NZ typically publishes child poverty statistics by regional council area. While these are published for the year ended June 2023, data quality issues associated with the previous year mean that annual changes are not available.

Child poverty statistics: Year ended June 2023 - technical appendix provides more information regarding this decision and analysis of data quality.

Impacts of disrupted data collection on 2022 Household Economic Survey statistics details the impact of COVID-19 on data collection and impact on data quality for the year ended June 2022.

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