Table 10.2: Changes in Correlates of Discontent 1993-96 Panel
		Responsiveness index 1993	Responsiveness index 1996	Change in responsiveness	Distrust government 1993	Distrust government 1996	Change in distrust	Fairness index 1996
Gender
	Female	81	73	-8	50	49	-2	28
	Male	77	66	-10	44	36	-7	21
Age
	18-29	83	72	-11	51	45	-6	29
	30-39	75	58	-17	48	43	-5	20
	40-49	78	70	-8	51	45	-6	24
	50-59	75	68	-7	43	40	-3	24
	60-69	85	78	-7	47	45	-2	24
	70 and above	78	71	-7	44	37	-6	26
Education
	Primary	83	76	-7	46	45	-1	28
	Secondary, trade or tech	76	65	-11	48	38	-10	20
	University degree	63	45	-18	48	41	-7	14
Ethnicity
	Maori	96	86	-10	66	65	-1	42
	Non-Maori	78	69	-9	46	44	-2	23
Household income
	Below $29,000	86	78	-9	50	47	-4	31
	$29-67,000	77	69	-8	46	40	-6	20
	Above $67,000	71	61	-10	45	40	-5	22
Attitudes toward parties
	Labour	87	78	-10	60	54	-6	27
	National	61	50	-10	26	22	-4	9
	Alliance	91	86	-5	62	60	-2	46
	New Zealand First	92	95	3	54	68	14	49
	No Party Preference	85	76	-9	55	49	-6	31
Incumbent evaluations
	Negative evaluation of Bolger	92	86	-6	67	59	-8	39
	Positive evaluation of Bolger	68	55	-13	32	29	-3	11
	Disapprove of local MP	88	78	-9	64	52	-11	35
	Approve of local Mp	70	63	-7	39	37	-2	22
Policy Satisfaction
	Want more/less social spending	91	84	-7	63	60	-3	40
	No change in social spending	74	59	-15	41	33	-7	18
Ideological self-placement
	Left	86	79	-8	65	60	-5	33
	Middle	81	80	-1	50	50	0	27
	Right	64	51	-13	21	27	6	15
Voting behaviour
	Voted for MMP in 1993	87	77	-10	59	52	-7	26
	Voted for FPP in 1993	66	59	-7	32	32	-1	21
	Total	79	70	-9	47	43	-4	24
	n	1271	1260		1222	1246		1068

Notes: Scales were constructed so that positive values indicate cynicism and negative values indicate contentment. Table entries are the proportion of each group scoring above 0. See Appendix B for questions used in these scales. All variables are significant at p < .01 except for gender and age.