Table 3.
Research priorities by target group
| Target groups | Articlesa | Grants/fellowshipsa | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2006 | 2010–2017 | 2 sample prop. test | 1999–2006 | 2010–2017 | 2 sample prop. test | |||||||
| # | % | # | % | Z | p(z) | # | % | # | % | Z | p(z) | |
| Young people (aged 24 or less) | 58.1 | 27.8 | 57.0 | 18.0 | − 2.7 | 0.008 | 12.7 | 48.7 | 13.8 | 49.4 | 0.1 | 0.959 |
| Adults (aged 25–64) | 5.4 | 2.6 | 29.0 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 0.003 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Older people (aged 65 or more) | 12.3 | 5.9 | 17.0 | 5.4 | − 0.2 | 0.807 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.491b | |
| Indigenous people | 8.3 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.702 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 0.242b | |
| People from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.880 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| People in rural and remote areas | 7.8 | 3.7 | 10.0 | 3.2 | − 0.3 | 0.757 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 0.640 |
| People bereaved by suicide | 2.0 | 1.0 | 19.0 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 0.004 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.0b | |
| People who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex | 2.5 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.706 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.491b | |
| People with mental health problems | 22.7 | 10.8 | 37.0 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 0.750 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 8.9 | − 0.3 | 0.805 |
| People with substance use problems | 11.0 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 3.8 | − 0.8 | 0.412 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.969 |
| People with physical health problems | 6.5 | 3.1 | 12.0 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.670 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| People who have attempted suicide | 37.7 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 6.6 | − 4.1 | < 0.001 | 3.8 | 14.7 | 1.5 | 5.4 | − 1.2 | 0.252 |
| Offenders | 9.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 1.9 | − 1.7 | 0.084 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 3.6 | − 0.4 | 0.702 |
| Men | 7.1 | 3.4 | 15.0 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.466 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.497 |
| Women | 3.0 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.385 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Current or ex-serving military personnel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.0b | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – | |
| Other | 14.2 | 6.8 | 51.0 | 16.1 | 3.2 | 0.002 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.0b | |
| Total | 208.9 | 100.0 | 317.0 | 100.0 | 26.0 | 100.0 | 28.0 | 100.0 | ||||
Test results highlighted in italics mean a significant in the variable of relevance change over time
aThe number of grants/fellowships and articles may not be integer due to the weighting applied in the coding
bFisher’s exact test