Table 2.
Mean consumption (in grams) and the percentage of the sample consuming seafood by demographic characteristics for Australians adults and children (2011–2012).
| Adults | Children | Whole population | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Consumers | Population | Consumers | Population | Consumers | |||||||||||
| Mean | SD | % popn | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | % popn | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | % popn | Mean | SD | ||
| Gender | Male | 33.2 | 92.6 | 18.5 | 180.3 | 146.1 | 12.4 | 50.2 | 11.9 | 131.7 | 113.7 | 28.7 | 85.7 | 16.9 | 172.0 | 142.3 |
| Female | 27.9 | 81.0 | 19.8 | 142.3 | 120.8 | 12.2 | 41.4 | 11.0 | 107.3 | 76.5 | 24.7 | 75.0 | 18.0 | 137.8 | 116.7 | |
| Total | 30.5 | 86.9 | 19.2 | 159.1 | 133.9 | 12.3 | 46.1 | 11.5 | 120.1 | 98.4 | 26.7 | 80.5 | 17.5 | 153.4 | 130.0 | |
| Age group | 0–17 | – | – | 0.0 | – | – | 12.3 | 46.1 | 11.5 | 120.1 | 98.4 | 12.3 | 46.1 | 11.5 | 120.1 | 98.4 |
| 18–30 | 27.5 | 86.0 | 15.7 | 170.7 | 142.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 27.5 | 86.0 | 15.7 | 170.7 | 142.7 | |
| 31–50 | 30.3 | 87.2 | 18.3 | 165.3 | 140.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 30.3 | 87.2 | 18.3 | 165.3 | 140.5 | |
| 51–70 | 34.0 | 91.7 | 21.4 | 157.0 | 132.3 | – | – | – | – | – | 34.0 | 91.7 | 21.4 | 157.0 | 132.3 | |
| 71+ | 28.6 | 73.7 | 21.4 | 138.1 | 108.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 28.6 | 73.7 | 21.4 | 138.1 | 108.5 | |
| Highest level of school education | Finished high school | 31.4 | 88.2 | 20.3 | 153.4 | 128.6 | – | – | – | – | – | 31.35 | 88.02 | 20.3 | 153.3 | 128.4 |
| Year 11 or below | 29.3 | 85.4 | 18.1 | 166.0 | 139.8 | – | – | – | – | – | 27.62 | 82.64 | 17.2 | 163.8 | 137.9 | |
| Highest level of education | Postgraduate degree/Graduate diploma/Graduate certificate/Bachelor degree | 31.2 | 84.6 | 21.8 | 145.1 | 124.8 | – | – | – | – | – | 31.24 | 84.65 | 21.8 | 145.1 | 124.8 |
| Advanced diploma/Diploma/Certificate I/II/III/IV | 30.0 | 87.3 | 18.8 | 165.6 | 137.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 29.79 | 86.92 | 18.6 | 165.8 | 137.4 | |
| No non-school qualification | 30.2 | 88.1 | 17.7 | 163.2 | 136.2 | – | – | – | – | – | 28.34 | 84.91 | 16.8 | 160.2 | 133.9 | |
| Level not reported | 34.4 | 87.1 | 22.2 | 182.4 | 144.9 | – | – | – | – | – | 34.13 | 86.74 | 21.9 | 182.4 | 144.9 | |
| Employment status | Employed | 31.0 | 89.2 | 19.4 | 163.7 | 136.9 | – | – | – | – | – | 30.32 | 88.13 | 18.9 | 162.9 | 136.2 |
| Unemployed | 26.5 | 89.0 | 13.1 | 199.7 | 173.2 | – | – | – | – | – | 23.67 | 84.16 | 11.7 | 192.4 | 167.3 | |
| Not in labour force/Not applicable | 29.7 | 81.6 | 19.3 | 148.6 | 125.2 | – | – | – | – | – | 22.26 | 69.15 | 16.2 | 139.7 | 118.6 | |
| Household type | Without children | 31.7 | 86.7 | 20.3 | 159.2 | 130.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 31.15 | 85.64 | 19.9 | 158.6 | 130.0 |
| With children | 29.0 | 87.3 | 17.4 | 159.0 | 140.1 | – | – | – | – | – | 23.17 | 76.02 | 15.0 | 146.4 | 129.7 | |
| SEIFA–Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD, 2011) | Lowest 20% | 29.2 | 84.3 | 17.0 | 167.6 | 136.7 | – | – | – | – | – | 26.36 | 79.66 | 15.8 | 165.6 | 137.3 |
| Second quintile | 28.4 | 82.6 | 18.5 | 164.9 | 146.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 24.83 | 76.70 | 16.8 | 158.7 | 140.6 | |
| Third quintile | 26.4 | 77.5 | 18.6 | 165.5 | 129.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 23.08 | 71.81 | 16.7 | 159.2 | 125.0 | |
| Fourth quintile | 31.8 | 91.2 | 18.6 | 149.9 | 127.1 | – | – | – | – | – | 27.62 | 83.34 | 16.6 | 145.5 | 122.2 | |
| Highest 20% | 36.0 | 96.7 | 22.6 | 150.9 | 130.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 31.14 | 88.90 | 20.7 | 143.1 | 125.1 | |