Table 1.

Demographic information on those women who responded to open text question

Demographic	Count (%) (n=6101)
Age range
Under 18	0 (0.00%)
18–24	222 (3.61%)
25–29	1300 (21.31%)
30–34	2641 (43.29%)
35–39	1492 (24.46%)
40+	446 (7.31%)
Income
Less than 40 000	156 (2.56%)
40 000–99 999	1778 (29.14%)
More than 100 000	3913 (64.14%)
Prefer not to answer	254 (4.16%)
Education
Year 12 or less	616 (10.10%)
Technical college (TAFE)* or diploma	1211 (19.85%)
Undergraduate degree	2367 (38.80%)
Postgraduate qualification	1907 (31.26%)
Indigenous
No	5962 (97.72%)
Yes, Aboriginal	97 (1.56%)
Yes, Torres Strait Islander	2 (0.03%)
Yes, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	3 (0.05%)
Prefer not to say	34 (0.56%)
Did not answer	3 (0.05%)
Country of birth
Australian	5282 (86.58%)
European	374 (6.13%)
New Zealand	156 (2.56%)
North, Central and South American	113 (1.85%)
African and Middle Eastern	88 (1.44%)
North, South and Central Asian	85 (1.39%)
Melanesian, Papuan and Polynesian	3 (0.05%)
Relationship status
Partnered	5837 (95.67%)
Unpartnered	248 (4.06%)
Other	16 (0.26%)
Language other than English at home
Yes	480 (7.87%)
No	5621 (92.13%)

*TAFE is a government-run system in Australia that provides education after high school in vocational areas.

TAFE, technical and further education.