Table 3.

Comparison of Raine Study cohort families at adolescence (ages 14 and 17 years) with contemporaneous Western Australian (WA) Census population (2006 Census data)

	Age 14 follow-up		Age 17 follow-up
	Raine	WA	Raine	WA
	%	%	%	%
Family structure
Single parent family	23	24	22	24
Couple family	77	76	78	76
Family area of residence
Rural	22	34	18	34
Urban	78	66	82	66
Family socioeconomic statusa
Lowest tertile	3.0	3.0	3.5	5.0
Middle tertile	78.5	80.0	83.5	83.5
Highest tertile	18.5	17.0	13.0	11.0
Parent place of birth
Australia (≥ 1 parent)	70.9	69.5	69.5	69.5
Overseas	29.1	30.5	30.4	30.5
Parent education
Secondary	50.8	49.6	48.9	49.6
Post-secondary	27.6	32.6	28.7	32.6
Tertiary	21.7	17.8	22.5	17.8
Parent labour force/occupation
Professional/managerialb	35.3	33.4	42.1	33.4
Clerical/retailb	34.8	24.7	25.9	24.7
Technical/trade/labourb	14.2	23.6	20.1	23.6
Not in labour forcec	15.8	18.3	11.7	18.3
Parent income levels
Low	13	11	8	11
Medium	69	55	58	55
High	18	34	34	34

^aIndex of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage.

^bOut of % in labour force.

^cBy choice.