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Table 1 Demographic information for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous adults who reported sleep duration as ‘typical’

From: Is sleep duration associated with overweight/obesity in Indigenous Australian adults?

Category

Sub-Category

non-Indigenous N = 5204

Indigenous

N = 646

χ2

df

p

N

(%)

N

(%)

Gender

Males

2504

(48.12)

270

(41.80)

1

9.21

< .005

Female

2700

(51.88)

376

(58.20)

Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage – 2011 (SEIFA)

Quintile 1(lowest)

996

(19.14)

327

(50.62)

4

395.29

< .001

Quintile 2

1106

(21.25)

160

(24.77)

Quintile 3

1022

(19.64)

74

(11.46)

Quintile 4

1040

(19.98)

64

(9.91)

Quintile 5highest)

1040

(19.98)

21

(3.25)

Labour Force Status

Employed

3263

(62.70)

283

(43.81)

2

138.73

< .001

Unemployed

120

(2.31)

57

(8.82)

Not in the labour force

1821

(34.99)

306

(47.37)

Equivalised income of household: quintiles

Quintile 1

(lowest income)

1088

(20.91)

278

(43.03)

4

222.98

< .001

Quintile 2

1002

(19.25)

162

(25.08)

Quintile 3

918

(17.64)

89

(13.78)

Quintile 4

1096

(21.06)

73

(11.30)

Quintile 5

(highest income)

1100

(21.14)

44

(6.81)

Household type

person living alone

1442

(27.71)

145

(22.45)

5

186.04

< .001

Couple only

1537

(29.53)

116

(17.96)

Couple family with children

1447

(27.81)

169

(26.16)

One parent family with children

421

(8.09)

120

(18.58)

Unrelated persons aged ≥15 yrs

124

(2.38)

10

(1.55)

All other households

233

(4.48)

86

(13.31)

Number of adults in household

One

1703

(32.72)

234

(36.22)

3

5.24

>.05

Two

2854

(54.84)

324

(50.15)

Three

466

(8.95)

65 10.06)

Four or more

181

(3.48)

23 (3.56)

Number of children in household (0 – 17 years)

None

3642

(69.98)

331

(51.24)

4

143.5

< .001

One

619

(11.89)

103

(15.94)

Two

631

(12.13)

109

(16.87)

Three

226

(4.34)

59

(9.13)

Four or more

86

(1.65)

44

(6.81)

Sleep duration categories

< 6 h

285

(5.48)

35

(5.42)

4

67.59

< .001

6 - < 7 h

594

(11.48)

65

(10.06)

7 - < 8 h

1337

(25.69)

111

(17.18)

8- < 9 h

1638

(31.48)

172

(26.63)

≥9 h

1350

(25.94)

263

(40.71)

Body Mass Index (BMI)Categories

Normal rangeBMI 18 to < 25

1843

(35.42)

169

(26.16)

1

21.81

< .001

Overweight/ObeseBMI ≥ 25

3361

(64.58)

477

(73.84)

Vegetable & fruit consumption

Met recommended guidelines

286

(5.50)

32

(4.95)

1

0.33

>.05

Did not meet recommended guidelines

4918

(94.50)

614

(95.05)

Physical activity last week at least 150 min

Met recommended guidelines

2654

(51.00)

287

(44.43)

1

9.93

< .005

Did not meet recommended guidelines

2550

(49.00)

359

(55.57)

Smoking status

current - daily

845

(16.24)

271

(41.95)

3

257.45

< .001

current - weekly or less

92 1.77)

13

(2.01)

Ex-smoker

1773

(34.07)

185

(28.64)

Never smoked

2494

(47.92)

177

(27.40)