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Table 1 Characteristics of participants completing both pre- and post-intervention surveys and participants completing only pre-intervention survey 1

From: A pre-and-post study of an urban renewal program in a socially disadvantaged neighbourhood in Sydney, Australia

  

Completed pre- and post-intervention surveys

Completed pre- intervention survey only

p-value

  

N = 28

N = 14

 
  

n

%

n

%

 

Age (years)

18-34

10

36

7

50

0.72

 

35-54

14

50

5

36

(3df)

 

55-74

3

11

2

14

 
 

75+

1

4

0

0

 

Sex

Male

8

29

2

14

0.45

 

Female

20

71

12

86

 

Education level

Not completed year 12

21

75

8

57

0.312

 

Completed year 12

2

7

2

14

 
 

TAFE

1

4

4

29

 
 

University

3

11

0

0

 
 

Other

1

0

0

0

 

Employment

Working

4

14

6

43

0.06

status

Not working

24

86

8

57

 

Country of birth

Australia

22

79

12

86

0.70

 

Other

6

21

2

14

 

Language spoken

English

25

89

12

86

>0.99

at home

Non-English

3

11

1

7

 
 

Refused

0

0

1

7

 

Aboriginality

Yes

6

21

3

21

>0.99

 

No

22

79

11

79

 

Length of time

<=5

13

46

10

71

0.40

lived in

6-10

6

21

1

7

(4df)

neighbourhood

11-15

3

11

0

0

 

(years)

16-20

4

14

1

7

 
 

>20

2

7

2

14

 
 

Mean (SD3)

8.2

 

6.9

  
  

(6.85)

 

(8.09)

  

Number of people

1-3

19

68

12

86

0.22

living in household

4-7

9

32

2

14

 

Living with

Alone

5

18

2

14

>0.99

 

Partner

1

4

0

0

(4df)

 

Children

16

57

8

57

 
 

Partner and children

5

18

3

38

 
 

Other family

1

4

1

7

 

Number of

None

9

32

5

36

0.36

children <16 years

1-3

12

43

8

57

(2df)

in household

4+

7

25

1

7

 

Number of motor

0

13

46

5

36

0.51

cars in working

1+

15

54

9

64

 

order in household

      
  1. 1Includes participants who were ineligible because they had left the two streets (n = 13) or who refused to participate in the post-intervention survey (n = 1); 2Did not complete year 12 vs rest; 3SD = standard deviation.