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	Labour earnings/Domestic income
1939	0.55
1940	0.52
1941	0.56
1942	0.56
1943	0.58
1944	0.6
1945	0.58
1946	0.57
1947	0.52
1948	0.52
1949	0.54
1950	0.53
1951	0.46
1952	0.53
1953	0.54
1954	0.54
1955	0.55
1956	0.57
1957	0.57
1958	0.57
1959	0.58
1960	0.55
1961	0.55
1962	0.58
1963	0.56
1964	0.55
1965	0.56
1966	0.57
1967	0.59
1968	0.6
1969	0.6
1970	0.6
1971	0.63
1972	0.63
1973	0.61
1974	0.62
1975	0.69
1976	0.73
1977	0.68
1978	0.71
1979	0.72
1980	0.73
1981	0.74
1982	0.73
1983	0.71
1984	0.65
1985	0.64
1986	0.66
1987	0.65
1988	0.66
1989	0.64
1990	0.63
1991	0.63
1992	0.63
1993	0.62
1994	0.59
1995	0.58
1996	0.58
1997	0.59
1998	0.59
1999	0.59
2000	0.57
2001	0.57
2002	0.56
2003	0.57
2004	0.58
2005	0.58
2006	0.59
2007	0.61

Source: New Zealand Census	

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