DRAFT
Table 3: Multinomial logit model empirical result
Variable _ |
Never screeners |
Irregular screeners | ||
RRR |
St. Err |
RRR |
St. Err | |
Demographic and cultural | ||||
Age |
-* |
0.04 |
0.98 |
0.26 |
Age-Sq |
1.02* |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
Born overseas |
1.37 |
0.27 |
1.12 |
0.18 |
Speak language other than |
1 00 |
035 |
1 32 |
032 |
English at home___________ |
. |
. |
. |
. |
Highest qualification | ||||
Primary school |
0.67 |
0.27 |
0.79 |
0.29 |
Year 7 to Year 10 |
1.06 |
0.24 |
0.72*** |
0.14 |
Year 12, TAFE or other |
1.06 |
0.23 |
0.90 |
0.16 |
University |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Household income and hours worked | ||||
Less than $10,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$10,000 to 20,000 |
0.90 |
0.2 |
0.78 |
0.17 |
$20,000 to 40,000 |
0.58*** |
0.16 |
0.61** |
0.15 |
$40,000 to 60,000 |
0.64 |
0.19 |
_ ** * |
0.16 |
$60,000 to 80,000 |
0.82 |
0.29 |
0.42* |
0.13 |
Greater than $80,000 |
0.72 |
0.31 |
_ ** * |
0.17 |
Income not stated |
0.65*** |
0.17 |
0.45* |
0.11 |
Hours worked in last week |
1.00 |
_________0.01 |
SkSk 1.01 |
0.00 |
Region of residence | ||||
Inner-Metropolitan | ||||
Northern Sydney |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Central Sydney |
1.31 |
0.56 |
1.60 |
0.56 |
Western Sydney |
1.46 |
0.62 |
1.42 |
0.53 |
South Eastern Sydney |
1.51 |
0.65 |
1.32 |
0.45 |
Outer-Metropolitan | ||||
South Western Sydney |
1.92 |
0.84 |
1.90*** |
0.67 |
Wentworth |
2.03*** |
0.80 |
1.93*** |
0.68 |
Hunter |
0.89 |
0.38 |
1.38 |
0.47 |
Illawarra |
2.34** |
0.91 |
1.36 |
0.47 |
Central Coast |
1.42 |
0.59 |
2.11** |
0.72 |
Rural | ||||
Northern Rivers |
1.23 |
0.51 |
1.57 |
0.53 |
Mid North Coast |
1.00 |
0.44 |
1.02 |
0.39 |
New England |
0.74 |
0.34 |
0.81 |
0.34 |
Mid Western |
1.94 |
0.84 |
1.04 |
0.41 |
Far West |
1.66 |
1.09 |
1.67 |
0.86 |
Greater Murray |
1.84 |
0.78 |
1.32 |
0.52 |
Southern |
1.20 |
0.50 |
1.34 |
0.49 |
Macquarie_______________ |
1.65 |
_________0.75 |
1.05 |
0.43 |
Remoteness Index | ||||
Q1- highly accessible |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Q2- accessible |
1.26 |
0.29 |
1.12 |
0.23 |
Q3- moderately accessible |
1.22 |
0.38 |
1.21 |
0.32 |
Q4- remote |
1.50 |
0.93 |
0.95 |
0.44 |
Q5- very remote___________ |
1.56 |
_________1.46 |
1.37 |
0.98 |
Year of survey | ||||
Year 2004________________ |
0.87 |
_________0.15 |
1.16 |
0.16 |
Pseudo R2 |
4.1% |
* p |
≤ 0.01 | |
Log L |
-2811.7 |
** p |
≤ 0.05 | |
Observations |
3955 |
*** p |
≤ 0.10 | |
Sum of weights |
2671 |
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