Is the immigrant life in New Zealand happy or not?

When people first arrived in New Zealand, their happiness index (1 to 10, 10 was very happy) was 6.6, while the question "How happy are you now" got a figure of 7.7. Another global survey shows that New Zealand's overall happiness index is 7.334, ranking eighth in the world. Immigrants have a higher happiness index.

Perseverance is the key to happiness.

From the relationship between immigrant happiness index and immigrant time, it can be seen that the older immigrants are, the higher their happiness is. No matter when they immigrated, after living in New Zealand for many years, their happiness index has improved to varying degrees.

Among them, immigrants who came to New Zealand 30 years ago are now very happy, reaching 8.6; 2 1-30/-The immigrants who came to New Zealand 30 years ago had the lowest happiness (only 5.4) at that time, but they have greatly improved and now they have reached 7.8.

3. Old immigrants are the happiest.

In terms of age, the older immigrants are, the happier they are, and the happiness of people in the 80-90 age group reaches 9. The report pointed out that the older generation of immigrants should better adapt to the environment in terms of technology and attitude, and the older generation of immigrants should bring more young people.

4. The happiness of immigrants in China ranks fifth.

According to countries and regions, the happiness index of immigrants from the Philippines today has reached 8. Compared with other seven countries and regions with a large number of immigrants, China and Korean immigrants rank fifth with an average happiness index of 7.7, despite the great language barriers. This shows that the happiness of immigrants is also related to the support of community groups, the government and all walks of life.

5. NewPlymouth is the happiest.

Among the three major cities, Wellington's immigrant happiness is 7.9, followed by Auckland's 7.3 and Christchurch's 6.9. Judging from the constituency, the happiness index of immigrants in NewPlymouth has reached 10, and they can't be happier! The five constituencies with the lowest happiness are Nelson, Mutt Roskill, Mangray, Wailalapa and Mana.

6. Challenges encountered: Racial discrimination ranks in the top three.

Just arrived in a new country, work, living expenses and language communication are the three most difficult problems to overcome. For immigrants, after overcoming these problems and truly taking root in New Zealand, the three problems they face are living expenses, housing problems and racial discrimination. Jobs can be found and language skills can be improved, but social problems beyond personal control, such as racial discrimination, still hinder the happy experience of immigrants.