Appendix C (continued)
Health failures and self-rated health
| Without health failure | With health failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Proportion | Count | Proportion | |
| Excellent | 920,100 | 0.4438 | 216,800 | 0.2981 |
| Very Good | 678,000 | 0.3271 | 209,300 | 0.2878 |
| Good | 375,100 | 0.1809 | 177,800 | 0.2445 |
| Fair | 84,500 | 0.0408 | 92,500 | 0.1272 |
| Poor | 15,300 | 0.0074 | 30,900 | 0.0425 |
| Total | 2,073,000 | 1 | 727,300 | 1 |
Source: SoFIE Waves 1–3, OSMs, longitudinal weights, supplied by Statistics New Zealand
Of individuals with fair or poor self-rated health more than half suffered a health failure between Waves 2 and 3. Only 18% of those with excellent self-rated health suffered a health failure between Waves 2 and 3.
Health failures could be caused by injury or an illness lasting more than a week. Whether the health failure was caused by injury or illness was not considered in this analysis. Consideration of the difference between these two may be useful in further research.
Wealth and health failures
| Percentiles | 5% | 10% | 25% | Median | 75% | 90% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net wealth with failure ($) | 600 | 2,560 | 16,070 | 74,210 | 186,000 | 335,000 | 493,000 |
| Net wealth without failure ($) | 800 | 3,130 | 18,700 | 80,920 | 197,300 | 395,800 | 632,550 |
Source: SoFIE Waves 1–3, OSMs, longitudinal weights, supplied by Statistics New Zealand
Note:
- These measures of net wealth have not had student loans offset against them.
For all percentiles, those who experienced a health failure have lower net wealth than those who did not experience a health failure. The difference between the net wealth of those who experienced a health failure and those who did not increases as the overall level of net wealth increases. This suggests that health failures are associated with lower net wealth. However, these results do not control for the possible effect of other variables.
