The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Male (%)	Female (%)
1866	69	56
1871	64	53
1876	62	53
1881	58	50
1886	52	44
1891	45	38
1896	40	34
1901	36	30
1906	35	28
1911	34	26
1916	31	25
1921	28	23
1926	27	22
1931	24	20
1936	21	18
1941	19	16
1946	17	14
1951	16	14
1956	15	13
1961	15	13
1966	15	14
1971	15	14
1976	17	16
1981	15	14
1986	16	15
1991	17	16
1996	18	18
2001	19	20
2006	23	23

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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