Chart of the week: real housewives and ‘real’ work

19 Sep 2016

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Working hard or hardly working? A look at who isn’t participating in the labour force, and why.

Inspired by the Real Housewives of Auckland, this week’s charts from Figure.NZ provide an insight into the real lives of New Zealand’s ‘housewives’ and others not in paid work.

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Want to know more? Check out Figure.NZ.

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