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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aged 18-64 years, 2004-05*

From: Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: analysis of national survey data

 

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

 

Remote

Non-remote

Total

 
 

% (95% CI)†

% (95% CI)†

% (95% CI)†

% (95% CI)†

Age (years)

    

   18-24

20.8 (18.0-23.6)

23.9 (22.3-25.5)

23.1 (21.7-24.4)

15.1 (14.8-15.4)

   25-34

29.2 (27.1-31.4)

28.0 (27.0-29.0)

28.4 (27.7-29.0)

22.4 (22.3-22.6)

   35-44

27.0 (24.6-29.4)

22.8 (21.7-24.0)

24.0 (23.5-24.5)

23.5 (23.4-23.7)

   45-54

15.6 (13.9-17.3)

16.3 (15.5-17.1)

16.1 (15.7-16.4)

22.0 (21.8-22.1)

   55-64

7.4 (6.1-8.6)

8.9 (7.0-10.9)

8.5 (7.1-9.9)

17.0 (16.9-17.1)

Sex

    

   Male

46.7 (44.1-49.2)

46.8 (45.3-48.3)

46.8 (45.6-47.9)

49.8 (49.6-50.1)

   Female

53.3 (50.8-55.9)

53.2 (51.7-54.7)

53.2 (52.1-54.4)

50.2 (49.9-50.4)

Marital status‡

    

   Married

48.6 (44.1-53.1)

27.1 (24.4-29.8)

33.1 (30.8-35.4)

58.7 (57.6-59.8)

   Not married

51.4 (46.9-55.9)

72.9 (70.2-75.6)

66.9 (64.6-69.2)

41.3 (40.2-42.4)

Main language spoken at home

    

   English

52.0 (46.8-57.1)

99.1 (98.7-99.6)

86.0 (84.5-87.5)

90.8 (89.9-91.7)

   Not English

48.0 (42.9-53.2)

0.9 (0.4-1.3)

14.0 (12.5-15.5)

9.2 (8.3-10.1)

Highest year of school completed

    

   Year 12

14.9 (11.8-17.9)

26.8 (23.9-29.8)

23.5 (21.2-25.8)

52.5 (51.2-53.8)

   Year 11

14.8 (12.4-17.2)

12.4 (10.7-14.0)

13.0 (11.7-14.4)

10.9 (10.3-11.6)

   Year 10

31.2 (28.2-34.2)

31.2 (28.9-33.6)

31.2 (29.4-33.1)

24.7 (23.7-25.7)

   Year 9

13.1 (10.9-15.3)

14.2 (12.5-15.9)

13.9 (12.5-15.3)

6.3 (5.8-6.7)

   ≤ Year 8§

26.0 (22.8-29.3)

15.4 (13.6-17.1)

18.3 (16.7-20.0)

5.6 (5.1-6.1)

Highest non-school qualification

    

   Post-graduate degree

0.7 (0.3-1.1)

2.3 (1.2-3.4)

1.9 (1.0-2.7)

6.2 (5.8-6.7)

   Bachelor's degree

1.4 (0.8-2.0)

3.5 (2.6-4.4)

2.9 (2.3-3.6)

14.5 (13.8-15.3)

   Diploma

2.4 (1.5-3.2)

5.6 (4.2-7.0)

4.7 (3.7-5.7)

9.7 (9.1-10.3)

   Certificate

19.3 (16.4-22.1)

26.0 (23.6-28.4)

24.2 (22.2-26.1)

26.0 (25.0-27.1)

   No qualifications

76.3 (73.2-79.4)

62.6 (59.7-65.4)

66.4 (64.1-68.6)

43.5 (42.5-44.5)

Employment status

    

   Employed

55.3 (51.5-59.1)

54.4 (51.3-57.5)

54.7 (52.2-57.1)

76.1 (75.3-76.8)

   Unemployed

7.1 (5.5-8.6)

8.4 (7.0-9.9)

8.1 (6.9-9.2)

3.0 (2.7-3.4)

   Not in the labour force

37.7 (34.1-41.2)

37.1 (34.3-40.0)

37.3 (35.0-39.6)

20.9 (20.1-21.7)

Housing tenure

    

   Owner/purchaser‖

6.8 (4.1-9.5)

31.6 (28.1-35.1)

24.7 (22.1-27.3)

n/a**

   Renter/other tenure

93.2 (90.5-95.9)

68.4 (64.9-71.9)

75.3 (72.7-77.9)

n/a**

Reported food insecurity††

    

   Yes

36.5 (33.0-40.1)

20.1 (17.7-22.4)

24.6 (22.7-26.6)

5.6 (5.1-6.0)

   No

63.5 (59.9-67.0)

79.9 (77.6-82.3)

75.4 (73.4-77.3)

94.4 (94.0-94.9)

Equivalised household income quintile‡‡

    

   1 (lowest)

37.1 (32.8-41.5)

32.4 (29.6-35.1)

33.7 (31.4-36.1)

11.3 (10.7-11.9)

   2

25.9 (22.4-29.4)

20.0 (17.6-22.4)

21.6 (19.7-23.6)

13.1 (12.5-13.8)

   3

8.7 (6.7-10.8)

16.4 (13.9-18.9)

14.3 (12.4-16.1)

16.9 (16.1-17.6)

   4

5.5 (2.7-8.3)

11.0 (8.8-13.1)

9.4 (7.7-11.2)

19.5 (18.7-20.2)

   5 (highest)

3.2 (1.6-4.8)

6.0 (4.4-7.6)

5.2 (4.0-6.4)

21.7 (20.7-22.7)

   Not known or not stated

19.4 (14.9-23.9)

14.1 (11.9-16.3)

15.6 (13.6-17.6)

17.5 (16.6-18.4)

SEIFA quintile§§

    

   1 (most disadvantaged)

72.5 (62.6-82.4)

41.8 (35.1-48.4)

49.3 (43.7-55.0)

17.1 (15.7-18.5)

   2

11.5 (5.3-17.8)

21.8 (16.9-26.6)

19.3 (15.2-23.3)

19.0 (17.4-20.7)

   3

11.3 (3.7-18.9)

20.8 (15.8-25.8)

18.5 (14.3-22.7)

20.3 (18.4-22.2)

   4

4.6 (0.0-9.5)

10.4 (7.5-13.4)

9.0 (6.4-11.6)

21.3 (19.5-23.0)

   5 (least disadvantaged)

0.1 (0.0-0.3)

5.2 (2.9-7.5)

3.9 (2.2-5.7)

22.3 (20.0-24.7)

Area of residence‖‖

    

   Non-remote

---

100.0

72.2 (70.6-73.7)

100.0

   Remote

100.0

---

27.8 (26.3-29.4)

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  1. * Source: Weighted data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey 2004-05 confidentialised unit record file (CURF) [16]. Based on data from 5,417 Indigenous participants (2,197 remote and 3,220 non-remote) and 15,432 non-Indigenous participants
  2. † CI, confidence interval. Proportions are weighted to provide population estimates. Totals are based on those with non-missing data, except for equivalised household income, for which a separate unknown category is shown
  3. ‡ Respondents who were reported to be living in a 'couple relationship' (including same sex relationships) were classified as married. Both registered marriages and defacto relationships were included, as long as both partners lived in the same household. Respondents who did not report a couple relationship, as well as those whose partner did not usually live in the same household, were classified as not married [17]
  4. § Includes those who never went to school
  5. ‖ Includes ownership/purchase by any of the dwelling's occupants (not necessarily the respondent) [5, 17]
  6. ** n/a, not available
  7. †† Food insecurity was based on the response to a question about whether, in the past 12 months, the respondent had run out of food and couldn't afford to buy more [17]
  8. ‡‡ Gross weekly equivalised cash income of household, which takes into account household size and composition, was estimated using the OECD scale [5, 17]. Quintiles were determined based on all-Australian figures. That is, the same category boundaries were used for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants
  9. §§ SEIFA, Socioeconomic Index for Areas, Index of Relative Disadvantage. SEIFA quintile was based on the 2001 score for the CD of the selected dwelling and is used as a measure of area-level disadvantage [5, 17]. Quintiles were determined based on all-Australian figures. That is, the same category boundaries were used for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous respondents
  10. ‖‖ Classified according to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification remoteness classification (based on the ARIA + index) [5, 17]
  11. *** Out of scope
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