Wide Bay | Northern Rivers | |||||||||
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Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |||||||
Demographic | N | % | N | % | p-value | N | % | N | % | p-value |
Gender | 0.78 | 0.86 | ||||||||
Male | 801 | 50.0 | 818 | 50.5 | 800 | 50.0 | 811 | 49.7 | ||
Female | 800 | 50.0 | 801 | 49.5 | 801 | 50.0 | 822 | 50.3 | ||
Age-group | 0.011 | 0.001 | ||||||||
60-64 yrs | 396 | 24.8 | 454 | 28.2 | 335 | 21.0 | 408 | 25.1 | ||
65-69 yrs | 394 | 24.6 | 399 | 24.8 | 369 | 23.1 | 341 | 21.0 | ||
70-74 yrs | 351 | 22.0 | 295 | 18.3 | 339 | 21.2 | 297 | 18.3 | ||
75-79 yrs | 249 | 15.6 | 216 | 13.4 | 301 | 18.9 | 268 | 16.5 | ||
80-84 yrs | 127 | 7.9 | 158 | 9.8 | 150 | 9.4 | 204 | 12.6 | ||
85+ yrs | 82 | 5.1 | 89 | 5.5 | 102 | 6.4 | 107 | 6.6 | ||
Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
University | 126 | 7.9 | 148 | 9.2 | 189 | 11.8 | 191 | 11.8 | ||
Trade/technical | 408 | 25.6 | 245 | 15.2 | 433 | 27.1 | 270 | 16.7 | ||
Senior high-school | 129 | 8.1 | 146 | 9.1 | 133 | 8.3 | 160 | 9.9 | ||
Junior high-school | 317 | 19.9 | 424 | 26.4 | 396 | 24.8 | 522 | 32.3 | ||
Primary or less | 613 | 38.5 | 644 | 40.1 | 444 | 27.8 | 474 | 29.3 | ||
Employment status | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
Retired | 1186 | 74.2 | 1285 | 79.4 | 1169 | 73.0 | 1297 | 79.6 | ||
Employed/student/volunteer | 202 | 12.6 | 215 | 13.3 | 212 | 13.2 | 234 | 14.4 | ||
Home duties/carer | 158 | 9.9 | 73 | 4.5 | 180 | 11.2 | 61 | 3.7 | ||
Unemployed/not working | 52 | 3.3 | 46 | 2.8 | 40 | 2.5 | 38 | 2.3 | ||
General health | 0.93 | 0.31 | ||||||||
Excellent | 228 | 14.3 | 235 | 14.5 | 245 | 15.4 | 228 | 14.0 | ||
Very good | 454 | 28.5 | 470 | 29.1 | 486 | 30.5 | 525 | 32.2 | ||
Good | 506 | 31.7 | 517 | 32.0 | 528 | 33.1 | 515 | 31.6 | ||
Fair | 304 | 19.1 | 288 | 17.8 | 269 | 16.9 | 273 | 16.8 | ||
Poor | 102 | 6.4 | 106 | 6.6 | 67 | 4.2 | 88 | 5.4 |