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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of Mayi Kuwayu Study participants overall and by FWB/non-FWB participation

From: Exposure to the Family Wellbeing program and associations with empowerment, health, family and cultural wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a cross-sectional analysis

 

Total (N = 9,843)

FWB participant (n = 718)

Non-FWB participant (n = 9,125)

  

% (n)

 

Gender^

 Male

37.9 (3,729)

30.6 (220)

38.5 (3,509)

 Female

59.5 (5,858)

67.1 (482)

58.9 (5,376)

 Missing

2.6 (256)

2.2 (16)

2.6 (240)

Age group (years)^

 16–34

23.1 (2,270)

16.2 (116)

23.6 (2,154)

 35–54

32.7 (3,222)

41.8 (300)

32.0 (2,922)

 55 + 

40.9 (4,024)

39.4 (283)

41.0 (3,741)

 Missing

3.3 (327)

2.7 (19)

3.4 (308)

Location^

 Major City

41.1 (4,048)

32.0 (230)

41.8 (3,818)

 Regional

47.6 (4,681)

49.9 (358)

47.4 (4,323)

 Remote

10.9 (1,072)

17.7 (127)

10.4 (945)

 Missing

0.4 (42)

0.4 (< 5)

0.4 (39)

Education^

 ≤ Yr 10

44.8 (4,408)

40.0 (287)

45.2 (4,121)

 ≥ Yr12

53.2 (5,234)

57.8 (415)

52.8 (4,819)

 Missing

2.0 (201)

2.2 (16)

2.0 (185)

Family financial status

 We have enough

73.6 (7,243)

72.6 (521)

73.7 (6,722)

 We don't have enough

15.9 (1,561)

17.1 (123)

15.8 (1,438)

 Missing

10.6 (1,039)

10.3 (74)

10.6 (965)

Is where you live crowded^

 Not at all

74.5 (7,329)

69.1 (496)

74.9 (6,833)

 A little to a lot

16.7 (1,645)

21.6 (155)

16.3 (1,490)

 Missing

8.8 (869)

9.3 (67)

8.8 (802)

Incarceration^

 No

88.2 (8,685)

83.8 (602)

88.6 (8,083)

 Prison

8.3 (820)

10.7 (77)

8.1 (743)

 Youth Detention

1.8 (181)

2.0 (14)

1.8 (167)

 Prison & Youth Detention

1.6 (157)

3.5 (25)

1.5 (132)

Stolen^

 Not Stolen

95.7 (9,423)

93.0 (668)

96.0 (8,755)

 Stolen

4.3 (420)

7.0 (50)

4.1 (370)

  1. ^sig < 0.05