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Table 3 Health behaviours and risk factors in the Mayi Kuwayu 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)

 

General health

 Good–Excellent

66.6 (6,551)

63.4 (455)

66.8 (6,096)

 Poor—Fair

30.9 (3,038)

33.8 (243)

30.6 (2,795)

 Missing

2.6 (254)

2.8 (20)

2.6 (234)

Diagnosed drug/ Alcohol problem

 No

93.7 (9,220)

92.1 (661)

93.8 (8,559)

 Yes

6.3 (623)

7.9 (57)

6.2 (566)

Do you drink alcohol^

 Current drinker

57.9 (5,694)

53.2 (382)

58.2 (5,312)

 Ex-drinker

20.8 (2,049)

26.2 (188)

20.4 (1,861)

 Never a drinker

18.2 (1,793)

18.4 (132)

18.2 (1,661)

 Missing

3.1 (307)

2.2 (16)

3.2 (291)

Smoking status^

 Current Smoker

25.9 (2,549)

29.4 (211)

25.6 (2,338)

 Ex-Smoker

32.0 (3,151)

33.4 (240)

31.9 (2,911)

 Never a Smoker

39.4 (3,879)

35.1 (252)

39.8 (3,627)

 Missing

2.7 (264)

2.1 (15)

2.7 (249)

Quit intentions*

 Not at all or unsure

23.1 (601)

20.2 (43)

23.4 (558)

 A little to a lot

76.9 (1,998)

79.8 (170)

76.6 (1,828)

Exercise in the past week^

 None

21.8 (2,141)

18.3 (131)

22.0 (2,010)

 1–2 Days

11.8 (1,163)

14.1 (101)

11.6 (1,062)

 3 or more days

66.4 (6,539)

67.7 (486)

66.3 (6,053)

  1. ^sig < 0.05
  2. *n = 2599, FWB = 213, non FWB = 2386