In March, Research New Zealand found 32 percent of its survey's respondents said they were going without medical care when they felt unwell in the previous three months due to cost concerns, and that trend continued this month with 33 percent saying the same. Research NZ managing partner Emanuel Kalafatelis said that result was concerning considering it was winter. Results of the poll of 1000 people aged 18 and over in July: - 33 percent (compared with 30 percent in March) said they had been unable to buy things that were needed (such as clothing or school supplies).
- 32 percent (compared with 29 percent in March) struggled to pay for the cost of transport (for example bus or train tickets, or fuel for a car etc).
- 32 (compared with 27 percent in March) percent struggled to pay for essential bills such as power/water/internet.
- 32 (compared with 27 percent in March) percent struggled to pay (or gone without) insurance.
- 29 (compared with 24 percent in March) percent struggled to pay rent or mortgage payments.
- 26 (compared with 23 percent in March) percent had gone without basics such as food and groceries.
Kalafatelis said the results were correlated with age, with respondents aged 18-34 more frequently reporting being affected by the cost-of-living in all cost-of-living areas. "The other group that is obviously feeling under great pain, relatively speaking, are those on lower personal incomes," Kalafatelis told Sunday Morning.
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