Table 1.
Socio-demographic and bodyweight characteristics of men and women: ethnicity and bodyweight analytic sample (n = 13 047)
| Men (n = 6 216, 47.6 %) 27.1 (5.0) Mean BMI (SD) 65.2%Owt/Obese |
Women (n = 6 831, 52.4 %) 26.6 (6.3) Mean BMI (SD) 52.8%Owt/Obese |
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| % | Mean BMI (SD) | %Owt/Obese | % | Mean BMI (SD) | %Owt/Obese | |
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Australian born | 76.5 | 27.1 (4.9) | 65.3 | 77.4 | 26.8 (6.4) | 54.2 |
| Oceania (excluding Australia) | 3.3 | 28.3 (5.5) | 71.6 | 2.6 | 27.0 (5.7) | 58.5 |
| North-West Europe | 9.5 | 26.9 (4.4) | 67.3 | 8.4 | 26.6 (5.9) | 53.1 |
| Southern & Eastern Europe | 2.6 | 27.7 (4.3) | 74.7 | 2.5 | 27.5 (5.7) | 64.5 |
| North Africa & The Middle East | 1.0 | 28.8 (8.5) | 68.8 | 0.7 | 28.0 (6.2) | 62.2 |
| South-East Asia | 1.7 | 26.3 (5.6) | 53.3 | 2.7 | 24.7 (6.2) | 35.3 |
| North-East Asia | 1.1 | 25.2 (5.7) | 39.4 | 1.8 | 21.5 (3.0) | 11.6 |
| Southern & Central Asia | 1.9 | 25.7 (6.1) | 51.7 | 1.6 | 25.0 (6.4) | 42.6 |
| Americas | 1.1 | 28.2 (5.5) | 71.4 | 1.4 | 25.3 (6.3) | 43.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.2 | 26.0 (3.5) | 58.9 | 1.0 | 24.5 (5.1) | 35.7 |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–24 years | 13.2 | 24.8 (4.7) | 40.3 | 12.4 | 23.7 (5.2) | 26.7 |
| 25–34 years | 14.4 | 26.4 (4.5) | 58.8 | 13.8 | 25.4 (6.3) | 41.8 |
| 35–44 years | 16.8 | 27.6 (5.1) | 68.3 | 17.7 | 27.2 (6.6) | 55.1 |
| 45–54 years | 20.3 | 27.8 (4.9) | 73.3 | 19.7 | 27.2 (6.5) | 56.1 |
| 55–64 years | 16.6 | 28.3 (5.2) | 74.2 | 17.3 | 28.0 (6.3) | 63.5 |
| 65–74 years | 11.4 | 27.5 (4.8) | 72.3 | 11.0 | 27.8 (6.0) | 64.4 |
| > 75 years | 7.2 | 26.2 (4.4) | 61.3 | 8.1 | 26.1 (5.5) | 54.7 |
| Remoteness | ||||||
| Major City | 63.4 | 26.9 (4.9) | 63.3 | 63.8 | 26.3 (6.2) | 50.0 |
| Inner Regional Australia | 24.1 | 27.3 (5.0) | 67.4 | 24.7 | 27.1 (6.2) | 57.3 |
| Outer Regional Australia | 10.9 | 27.6 (5.3) | 69.4 | 9.9 | 27.6 (7.0) | 58.6 |
| Remote and Very Remote Australia | 1.6 | 28.5 (4.6) | 78.6 | 1.6 | 27.5 (6.4) | 57.8 |
| Highest attained education level | ||||||
| Bachelor + | 23.5 | 26.7 (4.6) | 63.5 | 26.1 | 25.6 (5.6) | 45.4 |
| Diploma | 9.4 | 27.3 (4.5) | 68.0 | 9.5 | 26.4 (6.4) | 51.2 |
| Certificate (trade/business) | 28.6 | 27.7 (4.9) | 71.2 | 16.2 | 27.3 (6.5) | 57.7 |
| School - Year 12 and below | 38.4 | 26.9 (5.3) | 61.0 | 48.2 | 27.0 (6.5) | 55.4 |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Managers and professionals | 27.7 | 27.1 (4.3) | 68.3 | 23 | 26.0 (5.6) | 47.1 |
| White Collar | 13.6 | 27.0 (5.2) | 60.7 | 30.8 | 26.3 (6.3) | 50.2 |
| Blue Collar | 29.8 | 27.2 (4.9) | 65.1 | 6.9 | 26.8 (6.8) | 52.1 |
| Unemp/Not in Labour Force | 28.8 | 27.0 (5.4) | 64.4 | 39.3 | 27.2 (6.6) | 58.2 |
| Household Income | ||||||
| > $130,000 k per annum | 19.4 | 27.0 (4.6) | 64.4 | 17.2 | 25.5 (5.6) | 44.5 |
| $72,800–$129,999 | 35.6 | 27.2 (4.8) | 67.5 | 32.9 | 26.4 (5.9) | 50.9 |
| $52,000–$72,799 | 17.1 | 26.8 (4.9) | 63.2 | 16.0 | 27.2 (6.6) | 55.8 |
| $41,600–$51,999 | 8.2 | 27.2 (5.1) | 65.4 | 8.0 | 27.3 (7.1) | 53.4 |
| $26,000–$41,599 | 11.9 | 27.0 (5.6) | 63.4 | 13.4 | 27.3 (6.5) | 58.7 |
| $0–$25,999 | 7.8 | 27.0 (5.6) | 63.4 | 12.5 | 27.0 (6.7) | 58.1 |
| Neighbourhood Disadvantage | ||||||
| Quintile 5 (least disadvantage) | 22.0 | 26.4 (4.0) | 61.4 | 21.2 | 25.4 (5.6) | 44.3 |
| Quintile 4 | 22.1 | 26.8 (4.7) | 63.8 | 22.2 | 26.3 (5.8) | 51.4 |
| Quintile 3 | 19.5 | 27.5 (5.3) | 68.2 | 20.1 | 26.7 (6.3) | 54.2 |
| Quintile 2 | 18.9 | 27.5 (5.2) | 68.3 | 19.3 | 27.0 (6.4) | 54.9 |
| Quintile 1 (most disadvantage) | 17.5 | 27.4 (5.7) | 64.9 | 17.2 | 28.0 (7.2) | 60.8 |
Countries of birth of respondents comprising >5 % of region sample
Oceania: New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea
North-West Europe: United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany
Southern & Eastern Europe: Italy, Poland, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Romania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
North Africa & Middle East: Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Iran
South-East Asia: Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia
North-East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan
Southern & Central Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Americas: USA, Canada, Chile, Colombia
Sub-Saharan Africa: South Africa, Mauritius, Zimbabwe
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, Owt overweight, SD standard deviation