nz.mig {demdata} | R Documentation

## Census Data on migration between New Zealand's two main islands.

### Description

Data on migration flows between New Zealand's North and South Islands derived from the 2006 Population Census. The data are disaggregated by broad age groups and by sex.

### Usage

    nz.mig

### Format

An array with dimensions "age", "sex", "island_orig", and "island_dest".

### Details

The data only incude people who were aged 15+ in 2006 who were residents of New Zealand at that time, and who had been residents in 2001. It excludes non-responses and people on outlying islands.

The `"island_orig"` indicates residence in 2001 and `"island_dest"` indicates residence in 2006.

### Source

Custom tabulation from Statistics New Zealand.

[Package demdata version 0.0.0.9111 Index]