Table 1.
1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | |||||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Total sample size | 10340 | 26744 | 29445 | 23356 | 26648 | 23855 | ||||||
Sample size of the age group 14-17 | 1062 | 10.27 | 1477 | 5.52 | 1852 | 6.29 | 1066 | 4.56 | 1075 | 4.03 | 825 | 3.46 |
Male | 517 | 48.68 | 718 | 48.61 | 838 | 45.25 | 503 | 47.19 | 501 | 46.6 | 404 | 48.97 |
Age | ||||||||||||
14 | 269 | 24.48 | 311 | 21.06 | 453 | 24.46 | 247 | 23.17 | 242 | 22.51 | 188 | 22.79 |
15 | 266 | 25.05 | 366 | 24.78 | 463 | 25.00 | 256 | 24.02 | 275 | 25.58 | 197 | 23.88 |
16 | 263 | 24.76 | 404 | 27.35 | 469 | 25.32 | 289 | 27.11 | 264 | 24.56 | 224 | 27.15 |
17 | 273 | 25.72 | 396 | 26.81 | 467 | 25.22 | 274 | 25.7 | 294 | 27.35 | 216 | 26.18 |
Regionality–living in major citiesa | - | - | 1157 | 62.47 | 694 | 65.1 | 676 | 62.88 | 542 | 65.70 | ||
Socioeconomic advantageb | ||||||||||||
Least advantaged | - | 246 | 16.66 | 296 | 15.98 | 171 | 16.09 | 171 | 15.91 | 143 | 17.33 | |
2nd quintile | - | 345 | 23.36 | 357 | 19.28 | 193 | 18.16 | 236 | 21.95 | 158 | 19.15 | |
3rd quintile | - | 234 | 15.84 | 348 | 18.79 | 188 | 17.69 | 185 | 17.21 | 141 | 17.09 | |
4th quintile | - | 228 | 15.44 | 433 | 23.38 | 250 | 23.52 | 226 | 21.02 | 185 | 22.42 | |
Most advantaged | - | 424 | 28.71 | 418 | 22.57 | 261 | 24.55 | 257 | 23.91 | 198 | 24.00 | |
Australian born | 933 | 87.85 | 1295 | 87.68 | 1657 | 90.99 | 911 | 89.05 | 936 | 90.00 | 702 | 85.30 |
Response Ratec | 56 | 50 | 46 | 49 | 51 | 49 |
aThe coding for area of residence in Australia was different in 1998 and 2001, and was therefore not comparable. bThis information was not available in the 1998 survey. cThis is the overall response rate of the survey