Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of respondents who submitted an expression of interest

Characteristic		Respondents (n = 551)			Target populationb	Fisher’s exact P value
		n	%	95% CIa
Age group (years)
	16–17	98	18%	14.6–21.0	19.8%
	18–21	217	39.4%	35.3–43.5	40.1%
	22–25	236	42.8%	38.7–47.0	40.1%	0.34
Geographic regionc
	Major city	238	72.6%	67.7–77.4	78.7%
	Inner regional	72	22%	17.5–26.4	17.7%
	Outer regional/remote	18	6%	3.0–8.0	3.6%	0.02

^a Confidence interval.

^b Population data from Australian Bureau of Statistics census 2006, with figures corrected for nonresponses to add up to 100%.

^c Only 328 of the 551 respondents provided geographic region information.