March 26, 2012
Stat of the Week Competition Discussion: March 24-30 2012
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March 17, 2012
Stat of the Week Competition Discussion: March 17-23 2012
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March 13, 2012
Stat of the Week Competition Discussion: March 10-16 2012
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Current Nominations:
Cam Slater nominates Stuff’s article “Perceptions clash with facts over abuse”:
“Her masters thesis at Massey University found about half of the children killed in New Zealand died at the hands of a Pakeha abuser.”
“Maori make up 14.6% of the population but kill and abuse their kids at the same rates and everyone else. The split is about 50/50. Her research clearly shows that child abuse most certainly is a cultural issue with Maori hugely more likely than everyone else to kill or abuse their children.”
I comment at: http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2012/03/yes-it-is-a-cultural-issue/
David Farrar also comments on this: http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/03/child_abuse_stats.html
The thesis says that the ethnicity of those convicted of assaulting children are Maori 48%, European 28%, PI 19%. To get a prevalence figure, I will use the population figures for under 14s. This is 21% Maori, 58% European, 11% PI and 9% Asian.
This works out to a prevalence rate for Maori that is 4.8 times that of Europeans. It is also 3.4 times that of Pacific Islanders. Or to compare all three, the comparative rates are Maori 4.8, PI 1.4, European 1.0.
December 19, 2011
Stat of the Week Competition: December 17-23 2011
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December 12, 2011
Stat of the Week Nominations: December 10-16 2011
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November 21, 2011
Stat of the Week Nominations: November 19-25 2011
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November 14, 2011
Stat of the Week Nominations: November 12 – 18, 2011
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November 7, 2011
Stat of the Week Nominations: November 5 – 11, 2011
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October 31, 2011
Stat of the Week Nominations: October 29-November 4 2011
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October 24, 2011
Stat of the Week Nominations: October 22-28 2011
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