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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

From: University life and pandemic influenza: Attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Characteristic

Academic Staff

General Staff

Students

Total

 

n = 360 (%)

n = 646 (%)

n = 1876 (%)

n = 2882 (%)

Sex

    

   Male

193 (53.6)

199 (30.8)

914 (48.7)

1306 (45.3)

   Female

162 (45.0)

429 (66.4)

930 (49.6)

1521 (52.8)

   Not specified

5 (1.4)

18 (2.8)

32 (1.7)

55 (1.9)

Age group (years)

    

   18-24

29 (8.1)

65 (10.1)

1393 (74.3)

1487 (51.6)

   25-34

88 (24.4)

191 (29.6)

363 (19.3)

642 (22.3)

   35-44

93 (25.8)

151 (23.4)

65 (3.5)

309 (10.7)

   45-54

80 (22.2)

150 (23.2)

38 (2.0)

268 (9.3)

   55-64

57 (15.8)

84 (13.0)

11 (0.6)

152 (5.3)

   ≥ 65

13 (3.6)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

16 (0.6)

   Not specified

0 (0.0)

3 (0.5)

5 (0.3)

8 (0.3)

Home/living arrangements

    

   Live alone

41 (11.4)

97 (15.0)

116 (6.2)

254 (8.8)

   Live with parents

25 (6.9)

71 (11.0)

846 (45.1)

942 (32.7)

   Live with partner/spouse

126 (35.0)

192 (29.7)

197 (10.5)

515 (17.9)

   Live in shared accommodation

27 (7.5)

76 (11.8)

516 (27.5)

619 (21.5)

   Other

141 (39.2)

210 (32.5)

101 (5.4)

452 (15.7)

   Not specified

0

0

100 (5.3)

100(3.4)

Country of birth

    

   Australia

178 (49.4)

386 (59.8)

928 (49.5)

1492 (51.8)

   Asia

42 (11.7)

82 (12.7)

628 (33.5)

752 (26.1)

   Europe

75 (20.8)

90 (13.9)

149 (7.9)

314 (10.9)

   Other

65 (18.1)

88 (13.6)

171 (9.1)

324 (11.2)

Time spent in Australia

    

   ≤ 2 years

30 (8.3)

22 (3.4)

311 (16.6)

363 (12.6)

   3-5 years

24 (6.7)

26 (4.0)

206 (11.0)

256 (8.9)

   6-10 years

32 (8.9)

38 (5.9)

117 (6.2)

187 (6.5)

   >10 years

265 (73.6)

548 (84.8)

1214 (64.7)

2027 (70.3)

   Not specified

9 (2.5)

12 (1.9)

28 (1.5)

49 (1.7)

Employment

    

   Unemployed

0

0

820 (43.7)

820 (28.5)

   Full time

274 (76.1)

493 (76.3)

200 (10.7)

967 (33.6)

   Casual

26 (7.2)

52 (8.0)

567 (30.2)

645 (22.3)

   Part-time

50 (13.9)

94 (14.6)

277 (14.8)

421 (14.6)

   Not specified

10 (2.8)

7 (1.1)

12 (0.6)

29 (1)