Families and Households (Census 96) 1996

A full list of the definitions and terms used in the 1996 Census of Population and Dwellings is contained in the report An Introduction to the Census of Population and Dwellings. Refer to Statistics New Zealand for a complete list of concepts, definitions and classifications.

Absentee
Access to a telephone
Adult child
Age
Child
Couple
De facto marriage
Dependent child
Dwelling
Economic family
Ethnicity
Extended family
Familial relationship
Family nucleus
Family type
Household
Household characteristics
Household composition
Income (total income)
Labour force
Labour force status
Living arrangements
Marital status
Motor vehicles
New Zealand
Never married
Never married means a person who has never been registered as married.
Non-private dwelling
Number of children
Number of inmates or guest occupants
Number of occupants
Occupation
Parent role
Partner
Permanent private dwelling
Population resident in New Zealand
Private dwelling
Registered marriage
A registered marriage is one for which a marriage certificate has been signed legalising the marriage of two people of the opposite sex. People who are "legally married" have signed a marriage certificate that is valid at the time of the survey.

Religious affiliation
Remarried
Resident population
Rural areas
Rural centres
Same-sex partners
Sector of landlord
Separated
Sex
Sex is the biological distinction between males and females.
Temporarily absent (household and family statistics)
Temporary private dwelling
Tenure of dwelling
Total household income
Total population
Unemployed and seeking work
Urban areas
Visitor
Widowed