Table 1.
Sample demographics of the Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series, Western Australia, 1995-2012.
| Demographic characteristics | Survey year, n | Total, %a N=7044 | ||||||
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1995 n=1002 |
1998 n=1004 |
2001 n=1004 |
2004 n=1202 |
2009 n=1284 |
2012 n=1548 |
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| Sex |
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Female | 631 | 502 | 502 | 601 | 830 | 1005 | 49.18 |
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Male | 371 | 502 | 502 | 601 | 454 | 543 | 50.82 |
| Age group (years) |
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18-24 | 119 | 110 | 118 | 103 | 71 | 66 | 15.80 |
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25-34 | 257 | 210 | 245 | 232 | 180 | 144 | 23.01 |
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35-44 | 291 | 305 | 296 | 333 | 340 | 377 | 22.41 |
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45-54 | 207 | 234 | 212 | 297 | 356 | 466 | 21.33 |
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55-64 | 128 | 145 | 133 | 237 | 337 | 495 | 17.45 |
| Area of residence |
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Metropolitan | 748 | 751 | 75 | 601 | 965 | 1011 | 78.33 |
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Remote areas | 51 | 63 | 62 | 150 | 29 | 82 | 4.80 |
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Rural areas | 203 | 190 | 18 | 451 | 290 | 455 | 16.87 |
| Education |
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Less than high school | 376 | 336 | 303 | 330 | 221 | 211 | 19.67 |
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High school | 251 | 237 | 265 | 257 | 178 | 198 | 21.98 |
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Trade/certificate/diploma | 90 | 95 | 77 | 177 | 481 | 632 | 25.47 |
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University degree | 284 | 336 | 344 | 435 | 399 | 504 | 33.58 |
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Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.30 |
| Household income (AUS $) |
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≤$60,000 | 748 | 603 | 558 | 603 | 349 | 346 | 37.47 |
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>$60,000 | 174 | 305 | 340 | 560 | 814 | 1024 | 51.40 |
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Missing | 80 | 96 | 106 | 39 | 121 | 178 | 11.13 |
| Employment status |
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Currently not in paid employment | 330 | 263 | 278 | 285 | 364 | 408 | 26.82 |
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Currently in paid employment | 669 | 741 | 726 | 917 | 920 | 1139 | 73.14 |
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Missing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 |
| Country of birth |
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Australia | 656 | 665 | 668 | 868 | 867 | 1122 | 68.64 |
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UK/Ireland | 189 | 209 | 193 | 155 | 202 | 221 | 15.96 |
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Other countries | 157 | 130 | 143 | 179 | 214 | 205 | 16.38 |
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Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 |
a Percentages were weighted for probability of sample selection and adjusted by age, sex, and geographic area to the 2011 Estimated Resident Population of Western Australia.