Table 2 Baseline Demographics, Vulnerabilities and Rural modifiers of all those Employed: Farmers, Farm residents (employed elsewhere) and Other rural workers

Age (mean, SD)

47.6 (11.5)

47.0 (12.0)

52.8 (12.6)**

Gender Female (n, %)

495 (58.2 )

167 (66.0)*

68 (37.6)**

Married/defacto (n, %)

628 (74.0)

207 (81.8)**

155 (86.6)**

Completed High school (n, %)

667 (81.2)

201 (81.3)

128 (74.4)*

Financial Hardship (n, %)

181 (27.3)

66 (29.8)

47 (36.4)*

Years Rural (mean, SD)

35.66 (16.2)

34.27 (16.52)

44.21 (15.94)**

ARIA+ (mean, SD)

4.25 (3.35)

3.96 (2.76)

6.12 (3.61)**

SEIFA (mean, SD)

945.6 (34.5)

934.5 (36.83)**

921.69 (30.45)**

 Number of Adverse Life Events (mean, SD)

1.52 (1.53)

1.49 (1.48)

1.67 (1.64)

 Neuroticism (mean, SD)

2.08 (1.92)

1.93 (1.74)

1.91 (1.78)

 Community and Personal Support (mean, SD)

−0.06 (0.67)

0.10 (0.63)**

0.06 (0.65)*

 Drought stress (mean, SD)

1.20 (0.40)

1.40 (0.49)**

1.65 (0.48)**

 Infrastructure and Services Perception (mean, SD)

2.40 (0.95)

2.43 (0.93)

2.71 (0.95)**

 Sense of Place (mean, SD)

34.35 (6.19)

36.89 (6.15)**

38.27 (6.91)**