The motivation for this paper arises from the lack of longitudinal studies which investigate changes in obesity patterns of immigrants and the effect of age at arrival on these patterns and changes. Additionally, few studies examined empirically the pathways by which changes in obesity occur...

Using data from waves 3, 7 and 9 of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, a group-mean-centred multilevel mixed model and self-reported chronic conditions, this study contributes to the limited longitudinal evidence on the nativity health gap in Australia. We...

Modelling age-specific fertility rates is of great importance in demography because of their influence on population growth. Although we have a variety of fertility models in the demographic literature, most of them do not have any demographic interpretation for their parameters. It is generally...

Pacific people living in New Zealand have higher mortality rates than New Zealand residents of European/Other ethnicity. The aim of this paper is to see whether Pacific mortality rates vary by natality and duration of residence. We used linked census-mortality information for 25- to 74-year-olds...

We hypothesised that ethnic and socio-economic inequality in mortality might vary by region in New Zealand. Linked 2001-2004 census-mortality data were stratified by region (District Health Boards or DHBs), sex, age and ethnic groups, and income quintiles. To accommodate data sparseness, and to...

In September 1976 an article was published entitled ‘Technician Training in the Smaller Firm’. This described the development at SATRA of an in‐company training package for pattern cutters, a technician‐type job in the footwear manufacturing industry. A number of techniques are employed,...