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Definition

Mean

St. Dev

Mean

St. Dev

Mean

St. Dev

Demographic and cultural

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

Speak language other than

10.8%

31.0%

8.6%

28.0%

12.4%

33.0%

1 = yes; 0 = no

English at home____________

Highest qualification

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

Household income and hours worked

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

Inner-Metropolitan

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

Outer-Metropolitan

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

Rural

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

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