4.4 Distributions of education, training and work experience by ethnicity (continued)
| Sole Maori | Mixed Maori | Non-Maori | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potential Work Experience in the Range: | N | Actual Work Experience Mean | N | Actual Work Experience Mean | N | Actual Work Experience Mean |
| 0 ≤ POTEXP ≤ 1 | 5 | 1.042 | 9 | 1.500 | 220 | 1.601 |
| 1 < POTEXP ≤ 2 | 7 | 2.839* | 7 | 1.875 | 167 | 1.856 |
| 2 < POTEXP ≤ 3 | 10 | 1.858 | 11 | 2.564 | 139 | 2.458 |
| 3 < POTEXP ≤ 4 | 9 | 3.338 | 10 | 2.371 | 188 | 2.970 |
| 4 < POTEXP ≤ 5 | 17 | 1.650** | 14 | 1.193** | 160 | 2.682 |
** Maori mean (sole or mixed ethnicity) significantly different from non-Maori mean at 1% level.
* Maori mean (sole or mixed ethnicity) significantly different from non-Maori mean at 10% level.
Notes: These data are taken from the 973 respondents in the CHDS who provided valid information for the purposes of this study. Youth are defined as ‘Sole Maori’ in this table if they identify Maori as their only ethnicity at age 21. Youth are defined as ‘Mixed Maori’ if they report both Maori and any other ethnicity, and had at least one parental figure claiming Maori ancestry by age 14. All other youth are considered to be ‘non-Maori’.
Second, the most striking result from these tables is the substantially lower actual work experience accumulated by Maori relative to non-Maori with more than four years of potential work experience. Refer to the results displayed at the bottom of Table 8. The 31 Maori youth in this category have an average of 1.444 years of actual work experience. The 160 non-Maori youth in this category have an average of 2.682 years of actual work experience. These means are statistically different from one another at better than a 1% level. Among youth who discontinue their education and training early in life, Maori tend to acquire much less actual work experience than non-Maori by age 21. The results in Table 9 show that this relative disadvantage exists among both sole and mixed Maori. Maori who discontinue their human capital accumulation around age 16 are much more at risk than non-Maori of experiencing poor labour market transitions.
