Timeline
2024
Funding
Ministry of Social Development
COMPASS staff
Lisa Underwood
Natalia Boven
Barry Milne
Collaborators
Ministry of Social Development
Sol Duncan
Community partners
Carers New Zealand
Carers Alliance
Description
This project aims to identify and evaluate the potential utility of key data sources for providing information relating to informal carers and caring activities in Aotearoa New Zealand. A review assessed the availability of New Zealand data that could be used to understand the characteristics of carers, the care they provide, the people they care for, and the impact of caring on their health, social, and economic outcomes.
The review focussed on the evaluation of large survey and government administrative data sources. The final report, submitted to the Ministry of Social Development in January 2025, is intended to be a resource for understanding what data exists pertaining to New Zealand carers, the quality of the data, and potential opportunities for future research and work on the New Zealand Carers’ Strategy or associated action plans.