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. 2020 Jan 15;17(2):559. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020559

Table 1.

Key sociodemographic characteristics of the sample.

Male Female Total *
n (%) 121 (30.3%) 277 (69.3%) 400 (100.0%)
Mean age (years) 46.2 43.0 43.9
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, n (%) 34 (28.1%) 99 (35.7%) 133 (33.3%)
Australian-born, n (%) 97 (80.2%) 213 (76.9%) 312 (78.0%)
Permanent physical disability (self), n (%) 36 (29.8%) 46 (16.6%) 82 (20.5%)
Employed, n (%) 14 (11.6%) 38 (13.7%) 52 (13.0%)
Household composition
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    Single adult

 58 (47.9%) 50 (18.1%) 108 (27.0%)
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    Two or more adults, no children

 29 (24.0%) 47 (17.0%) 76 (19.0%)
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    Single adult with child(ren)

 8 (6.6%) 97 (35.0%) 105 (26.3%)
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    Two or more adults with child(ren)

 20 (16.5%) 79 (28.5%) 99 (24.8%)
Accommodation circumstances the night before survey
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    Homeless **

 40 (33.0%) 27 (9.7%) 69 (17.3%)
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    Public/community housing

 44 (36.4%) 122 (44.0%) 166 (41.5%)
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    Private rental

 28 (23.1%) 99 (35.7%) 127 (31.8%)
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    Own house (purchased or mortgaged)

 9 (7.4%) 29 (10.5%) 38 (9.5%)

* Total includes participants that did not identify as binary male or female. Data for non-binary participants are not presented separately as n ≤ 5. ** Includes sleeping rough, staying with friends and family due to having nowhere else to stay, short–medium term accommodation for the homeless, and temporary accommodation.