Table 4 |
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Demographic profile of FAMAS participants. |
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FAMAS |
Census – NW Adel |
Census – Aus |
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|
(n) |
(%) |
(n) |
(%) |
(n) |
(%) |
|
|
|
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|
Age |
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|
35–44 |
271 |
22.7* |
40,931 |
32.4 |
1,409,361 |
32.0 |
|
45–54 |
326 |
27.3 |
34,993 |
27.7 |
1,276,302 |
29.0 |
|
55–64 |
305 |
25.5* |
24,271 |
9.2 |
884,786 |
20.1 |
|
65–80 |
293 |
24.5 |
32,409 |
20.6 |
835,577 |
19.0 |
|
|
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|
Region of Birth |
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|
Oceania |
806 |
67.4 |
188,475 |
70.7 |
6,939,747 |
74.9 |
|
Australia |
795 |
66.5 |
186,324 |
69.9 |
6,712,876 |
72.4 |
|
Other |
11 |
0.9 |
2,151 |
0.8 |
226,871 |
2.4 |
|
Europe |
345 |
28.9 |
49,510 |
18.6 |
1,077,073 |
11.6 |
|
UK &Ireland |
218 |
18.2 |
26,230 |
9.8 |
545,146 |
5.9 |
|
Other |
127 |
10.6 |
23,280 |
8.7 |
531,927 |
5.7 |
|
Asia |
29 |
2.4 |
10,392 |
3.9 |
57,172 |
4.9 |
|
Africa |
7 |
0.6 |
2,410 |
0.9 |
183,236 |
2.0 |
|
Americas |
6 |
0.5 |
1,497 |
0.6 |
78,612 |
0.8 |
|
Other |
0 |
0.0 |
216 |
0.1 |
8,653 |
0.1 |
|
|
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Marital Status: |
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|
Married or Living With a Partner |
974 |
81.5 |
86,567 |
68.6 |
3,118,768 |
64.1 |
|
Separated/Divorced |
126 |
10.5 |
19,891 |
15.8 |
623,689 |
16.6 |
|
Widowed |
33 |
2.8 |
3,607 |
2.9 |
116,676 |
3.2 |
|
Never Married |
60 |
5.0* |
16,142 |
12.8 |
546,893 |
16.1 |
|
|
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Employment Status: |
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|
Employed-full time |
597 |
50.0 |
71,567 |
48.5 |
2,210,528 |
47.9 |
|
Employed-part-time |
111 |
9.3 |
13,681 |
9.3 |
477,007 |
10.3 |
|
Employed-self employed/not stated |
42 |
3.5 |
1,795 |
1.2 |
77,849 |
1.7 |
|
Unemployed |
32 |
2.7 |
5,992 |
4.1 |
173,473 |
3.8 |
|
Not in work force |
405 |
33.9 |
50,555 |
34.2 |
1,474,897 |
32.0 |
|
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Education: |
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Any qualification post-school? |
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|
Yes |
850 |
71.1 |
46,025 |
35.8 |
2,977,559 |
41.0 |
|
No |
338 |
28.3 |
71,721 |
55.7 |
3,532,760 |
48.6 |
|
Non-school qualification: |
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|
Bachelor or higher |
142 |
24.2 |
7,643 |
13.4 |
910,318 |
24.4 |
|
Trade |
392 |
66.8 |
38,382 |
67.4 |
2,067,241 |
55.4 |
|
Other |
48 |
8.2 |
10,907 |
19.2 |
752,225 |
20.2 |
|
|
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Census data was obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Basic Community Profiles for Australian, Northern Adelaide and Western Adelaide Statistical Divisions. Census data on employment status is available for all household males in the respective divisions aged 35 years or over. Census data on education includes all household males aged 15 years or over. * Denotes the category was statistically significant compared with Census 2001 data using standardised chi-squared cell residuals with magnitude < or > 3. |
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Martin et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:126 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-126 |
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