A cross-sectional survey and latent class analysis of the prevalence and clustering of health risk factors among people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 377)

Characteristics	n (% of sample)
Gender
Male	149 (40 %)
Female	228 (60 %)
Age
18-24 yrs	54 (14 %)
25-34 yrs	68 (18 %)
35-44 yrs	74 (20 %)
45-54 yrs	75 (20 %)
55-64 yrs	78 (21 %)
≥65 yrs	28 (7 %)
Indigenous status
Aboriginal^a	302 (80 %)
Non-Aboriginal	75 (20 %)
Education
Year 10 or below (Primary, Year 9 or below, Year 10)	218 (58 %)
Year 12	56 (15 %)
TAFE^b course/Other	43 (11 %)
University or other tertiary	60 (16 %)
Income source
Unemployed (Centrelink/Supported by family/Other)	248 (66 %)
Employed (FT/PT/Casual/Self Employed)^c	129 (34 %)
Exposure to Physical or Emotional Violence
No	78 (21 %)
Yes	299 (79 %)
Data collection site
Site 1	178 (47 %)
Site 2	199 (53 %)

^aIncludes 7 participants who identified as either Torres Strait Islander or both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander;
^bTAFE = Technical and Further Education, institutions which provide vocational education and training;
^cFT = full time, PT = part time employment

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