Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of men and women aged 26–36 years, by area of residence
| Men (n = 1148) | Women (n = 1419) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan | Non-metropolitan | Metropolitan | Non-metropolitan | |
| Age (years), M (SD) | 31.6 (2.6) | 31.9 (2.5) | 31.4 (2.6) | 31.8 (2.5) |
| Education, % (n) | ||||
| University | 42.7 (361) | 28.1 (85) | 50.9 (525) | 37.0 (143) |
| Dip/voc/year12 | 48.1 (406) | 58.7 (178) | 41.0 (423) | 43.9 (170) |
| <Year 12 | 9.2 (78) | 13.2 (40) | 8.1 (84) | 19.1 (74) |
| p = 0.001 | p = 0.001 | |||
| Marital status, % (n) | ||||
| Single | 31.7 (268) | 23.4 (71) | 26.4 (273) | 14.5 (56) |
| Married/living as married | 65.8 (556) | 74.3 (225) | 69.6 (718) | 81.6 (316) |
| Separated/divorced | 2.5 (21) | 2.3 (7) | 4.0 (41) | 3.9 (15) |
| p = 0.02 | p = 0.001 | |||
| Occupation, % (n) | ||||
| Managers/professionals | 62.8 (531) | 48.5 (147) | 54.2 (559) | 40.6 (157) |
| White collar | 7.9 (67) | 6.3 (19) | 25.2 (260) | 27.4 (106) |
| Blue collar | 25.7 (217) | 42.6 (129) | 4.2 (43) | 6.7 (26) |
| Not in labour force | 3.6 (30) | 2.6 (8) | 16.4 (170) | 25.3 (98) |
| p = 0.001 | p = 0.001 | |||
| Employment status, % (n) | ||||
| Full-time | 89.7 (758) | 91.4 (277) | 54.4 (561) | 36.9 (143) |
| Part-time | 5.4 (46) | 5.3 (16) | 24.9 (257) | 34.9 (135) |
| Other | 5.9 (41) | 3.3 (10) | 20.7 (214) | 28.2 (109) |
| p = 0.52 | p = 0.001 | |||
| SEIFA disadvantage, M (SD) | 1041.1 (70.1) | 1002.2 (75.5) | 1042.6 (70.4) | 995.0 (74.6) |
| p = 0.001 | p = 0.001 | |||
| Number of children, % (n) | ||||
| None | - | - | 55.3 (571) | 26.6 (103) |
| One | - | - | 18.5 (191) | 19.4 (75) |
| Two | - | - | 19.3 (199) | 38.5 (149) |
| ≥Three | - | - | 6.9 (71) | 15.5 (60) |
| p = 0.001 | ||||
SD: standard deviation; DIP: diploma; VOC: vocational education; SEIFA: socioeconomic indexes for areas.