Table 4.
Distribution of number of recommendations adhered by socioeconomic characteristics and age group, in Australia, 2015.
| Adherence to recommendations |
All | Residence (%) |
SES (%)a |
Language background (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Urban | Rural | Low | High | English | Non-English speaking | |
| Mean (n, SE) | 2.5 (0.4) | 2.4 (0.3) | 2.7 (0.7)⁎ | 2.2 (0.5) | 2.6 (0.5)⁎ | 2.5 (0.3) | 2.5 (0.8) |
| None (%) | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| One (%) | 16.7 | 15.9 | 12.1 | 19.6 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 18.9 |
| Two (%) | 34.1 | 34.5 | 33.5 | 39.1 | 31.5 | 34.1 | 35.1 |
| Three (%) | 30.8 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 25.2 | 36.6 | 33.4 | 29.6 |
| Four (%) | 12.5 | 12.4 | 15.9 | 10.8 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 11.0 |
| Five (%) | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Six (%) | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| P-value | 0.145 | < 0.001 | 0.37 | ||||
| Adolescents | |||||||
| Mean (n) | 2.3 (0.4) | 2.3 (0.3) | 2.6 (0.6)⁎ | 2.2 (0.6) | 2.5 (0.6)⁎ | 2.3 (0.3) | 2.3 (0.6) |
| None (%) | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| One (%) | 18.4 | 19.1 | 16.5 | 22.9 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 21.2 |
| Two (%) | 34.0 | 34.4 | 32.8 | 32.7 | 33.4 | 33.9 | 33.7 |
| Three (%) | 28.8 | 28.9 | 28.7 | 26.2 | 32.4 | 28.9 | 28.8 |
| Four (%) | 11.9 | 11.0 | 14.6 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 10.2 |
| Five (%) | 2.2 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
| Six (%) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0. | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 |
| P-value | 0.045 | 0.047 | 0.135 | ||||
Significant values are in bold. Italicized values are means(SD).
⁎
P < 0.001 based on chi square tests; SES = socioeconomic status.
a
Children and adolescents from middle SES neighborhoods are excluded from the analysis.