2.1 Sample

A probability sample of New Zealand citizens and its immigrants was studied. The reason why probability sampling is an important procedure in social survey research is that it is possible to make inferences from information about a random sample of the population from which it is selected .This will make it easier to generalise findings derived from the research (Bryman and Bell, 2007). The first 1000 responses on the surveys were considered, as 1000 was seen to have validity considering the limited resources time and cost.