Table 2.
Comparison of women in the 1946-1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health who responded to survey 7 in 2013 and survey 8 in 2016 (N=8109), according to their modes of survey completion.
| Characteristics | Online/online (n=2424a,b), n (%) | Online/paper (n=1151c,b), n (%) | Paper/online (n=734b), n (%) | Paper/paper (n=3800b), n (%) | |
| Area of residence |
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Major city | 1055 (44.03) | 456 (39.93) | 317 (43.37) | 1314 (34.84) |
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Inner regional | 898 (37.48) | 461 (40.37) | 283 (38.71) | 1572 (41.69) |
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Outer regional | 396 (16.53) | 195 (17.08) | 118 (16.14) | 794 (21.06) |
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Remote/very remote | 47 (1.96) | 30 (2.63) | 13 (1.78) | 91 (2.41) |
| Educational qualifications |
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School certificate or less | 572 (25.05) | 336 (31.26) | 193 (28.34) | 1620 (47.07) |
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Higher school certificate | 426 (18.66) | 208 (19.35) | 121 (17.77) | 695 (20.19) |
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Trade certificate/diploma | 545 (23.87) | 265 (24.65) | 182 (26.73) | 664 (19.29) |
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University degree | 740 (32.41) | 266 (24.74) | 185 (27.17) | 463 (13.45) |
| Marital status |
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Partnered | 1825 (75.63) | 925 (81.07) | 534 (73.25) | 2774 (73.48) |
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Not partnered | 588 (24.37) | 216 (18.93) | 195 (26.75) | 1001 (26.52) |
| Work |
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Full-time | 370 (15.33) | 200 (17.53) | 143 (19.51) | 504 (13.37) |
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Part-time | 791 (32.77) | 354 (31.03) | 248 (33.83) | 1045 (27.72) |
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Not working | 1253 (51.91) | 587 (51.45) | 342 (46.66) | 2221 (58.91) |
| Smoking |
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Never smoked | 1496 (61.95) | 728 (63.80) | 494 (67.49) | 2401 (63.60) |
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Former smoker | 824 (34.12) | 372 (32.60) | 213 (29.10) | 1053 (27.89) |
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Current smoker | 95 (3.93) | 41 (3.59) | 25 (3.42) | 321 (8.50) |
| Alcohol consumption |
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Nondrinker | 244 (10.10) | 123 (10.76) | 90 (12.31) | 797 (21.32) |
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Low-risk/rarely drinks | 1997 (82.66) | 962 (84.16) | 600 (82.08) | 2732 (73.09) |
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Risky drinker | 175 (7.24) | 58 (5.07) | 41 (5.61) | 209 (5.59) |
| General health |
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Excellent/very good | 1441 (59.50) | 619 (53.87) | 363 (49.52) | 1512 (39.89) |
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Good | 782 (32.29) | 415 (36.12) | 297 (40.52) | 1659 (43.77) |
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Fair/poor | 199 (8.22) | 115 (10.01) | 73 (9.96) | 619 (16.33) |
aThere were 20 women who responded online to both surveys who were not included in Table 1 because it was not possible to know if they had used a computer, tablet, or phone in survey 7.
bNot all women responded to every item.
cThere were 6 women who responded online for survey 7 and used paper for survey 8 who were not included in Table 1 because it was not possible to know if they had used a computer, tablet, or phone on survey 7.