Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

SF36 General Health Component Score

67.62

20.83

0.00

100

SF36 Mental Health Component Score

74.05

17.58

0.00

100

Actively cares for a household member/non-resident due to long-term health condition, elderly (%)

7.76%

0.27

Time spent in (hrs/mins) per week Caring for disabled/elderly relative (n = 8416)

1.69

9.87

0.00

168

Age

45.10

18.71

15.00

97

Gender: 1 for male

47%

0.50

Household financial year gross total income ($)

124,708

111,903

−74,269

2,827,827

Life events in past year: Serious personal injury/illness

10%

0.30

 Tertiary University Education (Base Category)

26.44%

0.44

 Avd diploma, diploma, Cert III or IV

31.71%

0.47

 Year 12

15.15%

0.36

 Year 11 and below

26.71%

0.44

 Employed - works 35h hours a week (Base Category)

40.89%

0.49

 Employed - works less than 35 h a week

21.23%

0.41

 Unemployed, retired, home duties, students & others

37.87%

0.49

 Not at all (Base Category)

10.95%

0.31

 Less than once a week

16.68%

0.37

 1 to 2 times a week

23.54%

0.42

 3 times a week

15.75%

0.36

 More than 3 times a week

33.09%

0.47

 Civic engagement, political participation and breadth of participation

1.93

1.13

−0.13

7.17

 Informal social connectedness

5.69

1.20

1.20

8.87

 Personal social exclusion

5.78

1.64

1.47

12.12

 Personal social cohesion

8.97

1.29

1.79

12.56

 Level of trust in the community

7.66

1.19

1.61

11.28

 Level of distrust in the community

6.98

1.56

1.78

12.44