This report presents results from the 2018 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). It focuses on the profile of online gamblers and the types of online gambling in which they participated.

This research examines the relationship between alcohol outlets and social harm. The analysis uses a longitudinal panel data set for the period 2007-2014 covering all of New Zealand.

This report explores the age of smoking initiation and transition into daily smoking using a nationally representative sample of New Zealanders aged 15 years and over. The study examined the mean age of smoking initiation and transition into daily smoking as a whole and by age, gender, ethnicity and deprivation status.

This literature review explores what is known about the ways local supply and use of alcohol affects the pleasantness or attractiveness of a place (amenity); and the extent to which people are willing to enter, use or live in a locality (inclusivity of public space). This review supports a study of such impacts in New...

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey (MHWS) is a nationally-representative monitor of New Zealand adults aged 15 years and over, aimed at providing regular and robust quantitative data on key mental health issues in New Zealand. This report details the procedures and protocols followed to ensure the MHWS produces high quality, robust data.