Table 1.
Profile of families participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC), Wave 6, 2013
| Remote/OR (N 262) | Urban/IR (N 968) | Total (N 1230) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | |
| Carer is partnered | 58·0 | 152/262 | 54·7 | 529/968 | 55·4 | 681/1230 |
| Carer has education Year 12 or further | 39·5 | 92/233 | 44·4 | 399/899 | 43·4 | 491/1132 |
| Household income ≥$AU 600/week | 47·3 | 104/220 | 63·7 | 581/912 | 60·5 | 685/1132 |
| Family has not been humbugged in past year | 60·2 | 157/261 | 75·8 | 733/967 | 72·5 | 890/1228 |
| No problem with pressure to support others in the community | 51·0 | 126/247 | 79·8 | 700/877 | 73·5 | 826/1124 |
| Household size ≥6 members | 52·3 | 137/262 | 35·4 | 343/968 | 39·0 | 480/1230 |
| Households with working fridge and cooking facilities | 82·7 | 143/173 | 95·0 | 667/702 | 92·6 | 810/875 |
| Living in areas in highest tertile of advantage | 3·8 | 10/262 | 25·9 | 251/968 | 21·2 | 261/1230 |
| Older cohort only (N 495) | Mean | 95 % CI | Mean | 95 % CI | Mean | 95 % CI |
| Number of usual daily servings of fruit | 2·1 | 1·9, 2·3 | 2·1 | 2·0, 2·2 | 2·1 | 2·0, 2·2 |
| n | 99 | 394 | 493 | |||
| Number of usual daily servings of vegetables | 1·8 | 1·6, 2·1 | 1·9 | 1·7, 2·0 | 1·9 | 1·8, 2·0 |
| n | 99 | 396 | 495 | |||
The sample includes those with data on barriers. Data on intake of fruit and vegetables were recorded for the older cohort (children aged 7–10 years) only. Sample size varies due to missing data on the exposures of interest.
Urban/inner regional (urban/IR) areas were defined as those with no or low isolation (major cities and larger regional centres) and remote/outer regional (remote/OR) areas as those with moderate or high/extreme isolation (smaller regional centres far from large cities and communities/settlements generally with a predominantly Indigenous population).