Publications

This top-line summary provides a high-level overview of results from the 2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). The HLS monitors short, medium, and long-term societal changes in attitudes, knowledge, and behaviours related to mental health and wellbeing, tobacco use, vaping, gambling, nutrition, alcohol, and sun exposure. The HLS also tracks changes in views about the social desirability and acceptability of various strategies to minimise harm from these risk factors and promote wellbeing. This summary focuses on the prevalence of these risk factors, exposure to harm, and strategies to minimise harm.

This is one of three reports highlighting the results from the first Alcohol Use in New Zealand Survey (AUiNZ). This report describes the results for Māori respondents, and focuses on providing detailed within-Māori comparisons.

The Alcohol Use in New Zealand Survey (AUiNZ) 2019/20 methodology report details the processes for survey development, data collection, analysis and reporting, and lessons learnt. The questionnaire is also available.

This infographic describes weekly alcohol use in men and women from the 2018 Health and Lifestyles Survey. It presents the prevalence of weekly drinking, average and maximum number of drinks consumed in a week and drinking by day of the week.