The Salvation Army State of the Nation report
An excellent data driven report from the Salvation Army on key social indicators in NZ, for 2023.
The summary of their findings is:
Improving
- Child Poverty
- Youth Mental Health
- Employment
- Incomes
- Recidivism
- Alcohol abuse
- Illicit Drugs
No change
- Children at risk
Getting worse
- Violence against children
- Youth offending
- Early childhood education participation
- Education achievment
- Teenage pregnancy
- Unemployment
- Income support
- Hardship and food security
- Housing availability
- Housing affordability
- Household housing debt
- Overall crime
- Violent crime
- Family violence
- Sentencing & Imprisonment
- Gambling Harm
- Problem Debt
Boy that 80% increase in state spending really paid off!