Survey at a glance for 2006

  • Overview of financial knowledge levels of New Zealanders aged 18 and over.
  • Interviews conducted between 1 October and 20 November 2005 with 856 people nationwide.
  • Among those invited to take part, 60% responded.
  • Interviews of 55 minutes duration, on average.
  • Booster samples of 104 Maori and 96 Pacific people to ensure statistically significant results for these groups as is common practice in social research.
  • Data weighted to population proportions by age, gender and ethnicity.
  • People divided into three main groups, depending on scores for answers given; low, medium and high knowledge.