An economy is said to enter recession when there is negative growth for two consecutive quarters (the economy gets smaller over six-month period). Do you think New Zealand is entering recession?
All Respondents
Yes45%
No29%
Don’t know26%
Business Decision Makers
Yes47%
No40%
Don’t know13%
The ShapeNZ survey was undertaken between 27 March and 8 April, 2008. The 2882 All Respondents are weighted by age, gender, income, employment status, ethnicity and party vote 2005 to provide nationally representative sample. The maximum margin of error is 1.8 percent on the national sample.
Results in the second panel are for sub group of 639 Business Decision Maker respondents (selected by occupation: business manager, proprietor, self-employed). The maximum margin of error on the business sample is 3.9 percent on the national sample.
ShapeNZ is run by the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development.
