Table 1.
Summary statistics of selected groups of 0, 1 and 2+ moves.
| Variables | Number of House Moves | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2+ (Instability) |
Mean Diff. 0 vs. 1 Move | Mean Diff. 1 vs. 2+ Move | Mean Diff. 0 vs. 2+ Move | |
| Children (observations) | 20,281 | 4199 | 763 | |||
| Health Summary Scores (mean) | ||||||
| Physical | 83.6 | 83.3 | 82.9 | |||
| Psycho-social | 79.1 | 78.6 | 77.2 | ** | ** | *** |
| Cohort (%) | ||||||
| Birth | 53.4 | 60.3 | 63.2 | *** | *** | |
| Kinder | 46.6 | 39.7 | 36.8 | *** | *** | |
| Average age of children (years) | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Primary care giver—Labour force status | ||||||
| Employed | 77.7 | 70.1 | 65.5 | *** | ** | *** |
| Unemployed | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | *** | ||
| Not in labor force | 20.7 | 27.5 | 31.7 | *** | ** | *** |
| Parent 2 Labour force status | ||||||
| Employed | 95.6 | 94.4 | 93.4 | *** | ** | |
| Unemployed | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 | ** | ||
| Not in labor force | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | ** | ||
| Household weekly income ($ average) | 2397.2 | 2326.0 | 2207.0 | *** | ** | *** |
| Income quintile (%) | ||||||
| 1 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.1 | |||
| 2 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 19.7 | |||
| 3 | 22.5 | 22.0 | 21.8 | |||
| 4 | 24.0 | 22.2 | 25.0 | ** | * | |
| 5 | 23.9 | 25.8 | 23.5 | *** | ||
| Tenure (%) | ||||||
| Home owner | 91.7 | 65.0 | 58.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Public renter | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | ** | * | |
| Private renter | 4.1 | 23.8 | 27.9 | *** | ** | *** |
| Remoteness (%) | ||||||
| City | 87.3 | 86.2 | 85.7 | * | ||
| Regional | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 | |||
| Remote | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | *** | * | |
| Dwelling in fair/good condition (%) | 98.0 | 98.3 | 98.7 | |||
Note: * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01.