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Table 1 Prevalence of Discrimination and Avoidance by Demographic and Health Characteristics, 2015*

From: Discrimination and avoidance due to disability in Australia: evidence from a National Cross Sectional Survey

 

Discrimination

(%)

Avoidance

(%)

Demographic Factors

 Gender

  Male

8.3

–

28.2

–

  Female

8.9

 

35.1

***

 Country of Birth

  Australia

9.7

–

34.0

–

  MESB

6.6

***

24.9

***

  Other

5.2

***

27.3

***

 Social Marital Status

  Married

5.4

–

26.9

–

  Separated

16.9

***

37.0

***

  Divorced

11.0

***

39.7

***

  Widowed

2.9

***

21.9

***

  Never Married

16.8

***

44.1

***

 Region of Residence

  Major City

8.2

–

32.4

–

  Inner Regional

9.4

 

31.6

 

  Other

9.4

 

29.9

*

 Labour Force Status

  Employed

9.2

–

31.1

–

  Unemployed

28.6

***

50.4

***

  NILF

7.4

*

31.4

 

 Income Distribution

  0–20%

11.8

–

36.1

–

  20–40%

8.9

***

33.2

*

  40–60%

8.9

***

32.2

**

  60–80%

7.5

***

28.5

**

  80–100%

7.2

***

27.3

***

  Not stated

6.8

***

30.0

***

 Education

  Degree or above

9.0

–

35.1

–

  Certificate

9.7

 

35.0

 

  School Only

7.7

 

29.0

***

  Not Determined

10.1

 

29.2

***

Health Factors

 Number of Long Term Conditions

  1

7.0

 

24.9

 

  2

6.8

 

26.0

 

  3

8.7

 

30.4

 

  4

7.1

 

30.3

 

  5

9.8

 

35.1

 

  6

8.2

 

40.0

 

  7

10.6

 

43.0

 

  8

13.0

 

48.6

 

  9+

22.3

 

53.7

 
 

122.4

***

237.8

***

Disability Types

 No -Sensory/Speech

9.4

–

34.9

–

 Yes -Sensory/Speech

6.9

***

25.3

***

 No - Intellectual

7.6

–

30.5

–

 Yes - Intellectual

21.0

***

49.1

***

 No - Physical

7.2

–

24.5

–

 Yes - Physical

9.2

***

35.1

***

 No - Psychosocial

5.8

–

24.5

–

 Yes - Psychosocial

21.6

***

65.5

***

 No - Head Injury

8.2

–

30.9

–

 Yes - Head Injury

15.5

***

47.0

***

 No - Other

5.6

–

21.8

–

 Yes - Other

12.4

***

44.8

***

Disability Severity

 Profound Limitation

12.5

–

52.4

–

 Severe Limitation

13.0

 

51.9

 

 Moderate Limitation

10.3

 

39.1

***

 Mild Limitation

6.5

***

21.9

***

 Education Restrict

13.2

 

41.1

***

 None

3.1

***

13.7

***

  1. Notes: - comparison category for Wald tests of proportions; ***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05; MESB Main English Speaking Background countries