The Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS): Design, procedures & participants

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Table 4 Demographic profile of FAMAS participants.

	FAMAS		Census – NW Adel		Census – Aus
	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)
Age
35–44	271	22.7*	40,931	32.4	1,409,361	32.0
45–54	326	27.3	34,993	27.7	1,276,302	29.0
55–64	305	25.5*	24,271	9.2	884,786	20.1
65–80	293	24.5	32,409	20.6	835,577	19.0
Region of Birth
Oceania	806	67.4	188,475	70.7	6,939,747	74.9
Australia	795	66.5	186,324	69.9	6,712,876	72.4
Other	11	0.9	2,151	0.8	226,871	2.4
Europe	345	28.9	49,510	18.6	1,077,073	11.6
UK &Ireland	218	18.2	26,230	9.8	545,146	5.9
Other	127	10.6	23,280	8.7	531,927	5.7
Asia	29	2.4	10,392	3.9	57,172	4.9
Africa	7	0.6	2,410	0.9	183,236	2.0
Americas	6	0.5	1,497	0.6	78,612	0.8
Other	0	0.0	216	0.1	8,653	0.1
Marital Status:
Married or Living With a Partner	974	81.5	86,567	68.6	3,118,768	64.1
Separated/Divorced	126	10.5	19,891	15.8	623,689	16.6
Widowed	33	2.8	3,607	2.9	116,676	3.2
Never Married	60	5.0*	16,142	12.8	546,893	16.1
Employment Status:
Employed-full time	597	50.0	71,567	48.5	2,210,528	47.9
Employed-part-time	111	9.3	13,681	9.3	477,007	10.3
Employed-self employed/not stated	42	3.5	1,795	1.2	77,849	1.7
Unemployed	32	2.7	5,992	4.1	173,473	3.8
Not in work force	405	33.9	50,555	34.2	1,474,897	32.0
Education:
Any qualification post-school?
Yes	850	71.1	46,025	35.8	2,977,559	41.0
No	338	28.3	71,721	55.7	3,532,760	48.6
Non-school qualification:
Bachelor or higher	142	24.2	7,643	13.4	910,318	24.4
Trade	392	66.8	38,382	67.4	2,067,241	55.4
Other	48	8.2	10,907	19.2	752,225	20.2

Census data was obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Basic Community Profiles for Australian, Northern Adelaide and Western Adelaide Statistical Divisions. Census data on employment status is available for all household males in the respective divisions aged 35 years or over. Census data on education includes all household males aged 15 years or over. * Denotes the category was statistically significant compared with Census 2001 data using standardised chi-squared cell residuals with magnitude < or > 3.

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