Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of participants in the two studies
| |
Injured population study |
General population study |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
For mean health state values |
For equations (1) and (2) |
|
|
| |
n = 2099 |
n = 2847 |
n = 396 |
| % | % | % | |
|
Sex: |
|
|
|
| Female |
37.3 |
38.6 |
54.3 |
| Male |
62.7 |
61.4 |
45.0 |
|
Age: |
|
|
|
| 18-19 years |
3.9 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
| 20-29 |
22.1 |
21.0 |
14.9 |
| 30-39 |
23.3 |
22.4 |
21.9 |
| 40-49 |
21.6 |
22.8 |
22.5 |
| 50-59 |
21.6 |
22.3 |
17.4 |
| 60+ |
7.5 |
7.9 |
20.5 |
|
Ethnicity: |
|
|
|
| European or Pakeha |
68.8 |
67.8 |
86.5 |
| Māori |
18.9 |
19.8 |
7.1 |
| Pacific islands# |
6.6 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
| Asian or ‘other’ |
22.8 |
22.8 |
4.1 |
|
Employment: (pre-injury for injured population study) |
|
|
|
| Employed |
93.0 |
91.9 |
64.1 |
| Retired |
0.5 |
0.7 |
15.9 |
| Homemaker |
1.5 |
1.4 |
11.6 |
| Student |
2.5 |
2.3 |
5.6 |
| Seeking work |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
| Other | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
#Samoan, Cook Island Māori, Tongan and Niuean.
Not all percentages sum to 100 because participants for whom a response was not recorded are not reported here. In the injured population study, participants could report more than one ethnicity.