DRAFT
Table 2: Variable specification and descriptive statistics for target age women by
screening behaviour
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variable |
Definition | ||||||
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Mean |
St. Dev |
Mean |
St. Dev |
Mean |
St. Dev | ||
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Demographic and cultural | |||||||
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Age |
57.2 |
6.4 |
58.7 |
5.4 |
58.8 |
5.6 |
Age in years |
|
Born overseas |
32.6% |
47.0% |
26.3% |
44.0% |
31.5% |
46.5% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
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Speak language other than |
10.8% |
31.0% |
8.6% |
28.0% |
12.4% |
33.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
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English at home____________ | |||||||
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Highest qualification | |||||||
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Primary school |
2.6% |
16.0% |
3.5% |
18.4% |
3.8% |
19.1% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Year 7 to Year 10 |
33.6% |
47.3% |
34.3% |
47.5% |
28.9% |
45.4% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Year 12, TAFE or other |
46.1% |
49.9% |
43.8% |
49.6% |
46.5% |
49.9% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
University (base)_____________ |
17.7% |
38.3% |
18.4% |
38.7% |
20.9% |
40.7% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
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Household income and hours worked | |||||||
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Less than $10,000 (base) |
8.4% |
27.8% |
6.3% |
24.4% |
9.3% |
29.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
$10,000 to 20,000 |
19.3% |
39.5% |
17.4% |
37.9% |
20.8% |
40.6% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
$20,000 to 40,000 |
13.8% |
34.6% |
17.7% |
38.2% |
18.4% |
38.8% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
$40,000 to 60,000 |
13.5% |
34.2% |
13.8% |
34.5% |
15.0% |
35.7% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
$60,000 to 80,000 |
10.6% |
30.8% |
8.3% |
27.7% |
6.4% |
24.5% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Greater than $80,000 |
12.9% |
33.6% |
11.2% |
31.6% |
11.6% |
32.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Income not stated |
21.5% |
41.2% |
25.2% |
43.4% |
18.7% |
39.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Hours worked in last week |
12.9 |
19.1 |
11.5 |
18.2 |
13.9 |
18.8 |
Number of hours |
|
Region of residence | |||||||
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Inner-Metropolitan | |||||||
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Northern Sydney (base) |
7.9% |
27.0% |
12.5% |
33.1% |
8.9% |
28.5% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Central Sydney |
6.2% |
24.1% |
6.4% |
24.4% |
7.3% |
26.1% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Western Sydney |
9.6% |
29.5% |
8.7% |
28.2% |
8.7% |
28.3% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
South Eastern Sydney |
11.9% |
32.4% |
11.9% |
32.4% |
11.1% |
31.4% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
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Outer-Metropolitan | |||||||
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South Western Sydney |
13.9% |
34.7% |
9.5% |
29.3% |
13.1% |
33.8% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Hunter |
5.4% |
22.6% |
9.4% |
29.2% |
8.7% |
28.2% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Wentworth |
5.3% |
22.5% |
3.8% |
19.2% |
5.2% |
22.2% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Illawarra |
8.8% |
28.4% |
5.7% |
23.3% |
5.4% |
22.7% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Central Coast |
4.6% |
21.0% |
4.6% |
20.9% |
6.6% |
24.8% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
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Rural | |||||||
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Northern Rivers |
4.8% |
21.4% |
5.5% |
22.9% |
6.4% |
24.5% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Mid North Coast |
4.5% |
20.8% |
6.1% |
23.9% |
4.8% |
21.5% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
New England |
1.8% |
13.4% |
3.5% |
18.3% |
2.3% |
15.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Mid Western |
4.1% |
19.8% |
2.8% |
16.4% |
2.2% |
14.5% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Far West |
1.2% |
10.7% |
0.8% |
8.8% |
0.9% |
9.2% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Greater Murray |
5.0% |
21.9% |
3.8% |
19.2% |
3.8% |
19.1% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Southern |
2.9% |
16.8% |
3.4% |
18.2% |
3.4% |
18.2% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Macquarie________________ |
2.1% |
14.2% |
1.6% |
12.4% |
1.3% |
11.3% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
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Remoteness Quintiles | |||||||
|
Q1 - highly accessible (base) |
69.4% |
46.2% |
70.0% |
45.9% |
69.8% |
46.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Q2 - accessible |
20.8% |
40.6% |
20.0% |
40.0% |
19.9% |
40.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Q3 - moderately accessible |
8.0% |
27.2% |
8.8% |
28.4% |
9.2% |
29.0% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Q4 - remote |
1.7% |
12.9% |
1.1% |
10.6% |
1.0% |
9.8% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Q5 - very remote____________ |
0.1% |
3.3% |
0.1% |
3.1% |
0.1% |
3.5% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
|
Year of survey | |||||||
|
2004 |
42.1% |
49.5% |
44.3% |
49.7% |
49.2% |
50.1% |
1 = yes; 0 = no |
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