Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of Australian-born and migrant women of non-English speaking background (n = 1358).
| Australian-born women n = 1115 |
Migrant women n = 243 |
OR (95% CI)a | Pearson Chi2(df) p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Maternal age (years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | 193 | 17.3 | 32 | 13.2 | 0.8 (0.5,1.2) | Χ2(4) = 5.00 |
| 25–29 | 363 | 32.6 | 93 | 38.3 | 1.2 (0.8,1.6) | p = 0.286 |
| 30–34 | 396 | 35.5 | 87 | 35.8 | 1.0 (ref) | |
| 35–39 | 140 | 12.6 | 25 | 10.3 | 0.8 (0.5,1.3) | |
| 40+ | 23 | 2.1 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.2 (0.5,3.0) | |
| Relationship status | ||||||
| Married | 626 | 56.1 | 196 | 80.7 | 1.0 (ref) | Χ2(2) = 51.76 |
| De facto (Living with partner) | 427 | 38.3 | 45 | 18.5 | 0.3 (0.2,0.5) | p < 0.001 |
| Divorced/Separated/Single | 62 | 5.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.1 (0.0,0.4) | |
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| University degree | 463 | 41.7 | 143 | 59.3 | 1.0 (ref) | Χ2(3) = 28.50 |
| Certificate/Diploma | 299 | 26.9 | 55 | 22.8 | 0.6 (0.4,0.8) | p < 0.001 |
| Year 12 | 226 | 20.4 | 32 | 13.3 | 0.5 (0.3,0.7) | |
| <Year 12 | 122 | 11.0 | 11 | 4.6 | 0.3 (0.2,0.6) | |
| Total income (Aus $) | ||||||
| ≤ 20,000 | 161 | 14.5 | 50 | 22.4 | 1.6 (1.0,2.3) | Χ2(3) = 46.41 |
| 20,001–40,000 | 400 | 36.1 | 80 | 35.9 | 1.0 (ref) | p < 0.001 |
| 40,001–60,000 | 346 | 31.3 | 42 | 18.8 | 0.6 (0.4,0.9) | |
| > 60,000 | 140 | 12.6 | 17 | 7.6 | 0.6 (0.3,1.1) | |
| Pension as main income | ||||||
| No | 95 | 8.6 | 22 | 9.3 | 1.0 (ref) | Χ2(1) = 0.125 |
| Yes | 1009 | 91.4 | 214 | 90.7 | 1.1 (0.7,1.8) | p = 0.723 |
| Employment | ||||||
| Paid work | 943 | 86.1 | 155 | 64.3 | 1.0 (ref) | Χ2(4) = 76.98 |
| Unpaid work | 39 | 3.6 | 30 | 12.4 | 4.7 (2.8,7.8) | p < 0.001 |
| Study | 21 | 1.9 | 20 | 8.3 | 5.8 (3.1,10.9) | |
| Unemployed | 39 | 3.6 | 17 | 7.1 | 2.7 (1.5,4.8) | |
| Not able work | 53 | 4.8 | 19 | 7.9 | 2.2 (1.3,3.8) | |
a Odds ratios (OR) refer to the odds of each category (characteristic) occuring among migrant women compared with Australian-born women, in relation to the reference category (ref).