Table 1.
Demographic information for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous adults who reported sleep duration as ‘typical’
| Category | Sub-Category | non-Indigenous N = 5204 | Indigenous N = 646 |
χ2 | df | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) |
N (%) |
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| Gender | Males |
2504 (48.12) |
270 (41.80) |
1 | 9.21 | < .005 |
| Female |
2700 (51.88) |
376 (58.20) |
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| Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage – 2011 (SEIFA) | Quintile 1(lowest) |
996 (19.14) |
327 (50.62) |
4 | 395.29 | < .001 |
| Quintile 2 |
1106 (21.25) |
160 (24.77) |
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| Quintile 3 |
1022 (19.64) |
74 (11.46) |
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| Quintile 4 |
1040 (19.98) |
64 (9.91) |
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| Quintile 5highest) |
1040 (19.98) |
21 (3.25) |
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| Labour Force Status | Employed |
3263 (62.70) |
283 (43.81) |
2 | 138.73 | < .001 |
| Unemployed |
120 (2.31) |
57 (8.82) |
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| Not in the labour force |
1821 (34.99) |
306 (47.37) |
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| Equivalised income of household: quintiles |
Quintile 1 (lowest income) |
1088 (20.91) |
278 (43.03) |
4 | 222.98 | < .001 |
| Quintile 2 |
1002 (19.25) |
162 (25.08) |
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| Quintile 3 |
918 (17.64) |
89 (13.78) |
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| Quintile 4 |
1096 (21.06) |
73 (11.30) |
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Quintile 5 (highest income) |
1100 (21.14) |
44 (6.81) |
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| Household type | person living alone |
1442 (27.71) |
145 (22.45) |
5 | 186.04 | < .001 |
| Couple only |
1537 (29.53) |
116 (17.96) |
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| Couple family with children |
1447 (27.81) |
169 (26.16) |
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| One parent family with children |
421 (8.09) |
120 (18.58) |
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| Unrelated persons aged ≥15 yrs |
124 (2.38) |
10 (1.55) |
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| All other households |
233 (4.48) |
86 (13.31) |
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| Number of adults in household | One |
1703 (32.72) |
234 (36.22) |
3 | 5.24 | >.05 |
| Two |
2854 (54.84) |
324 (50.15) |
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| Three |
466 (8.95) |
65 10.06) | ||||
| Four or more |
181 (3.48) |
23 (3.56) | ||||
| Number of children in household (0 – 17 years) | None |
3642 (69.98) |
331 (51.24) |
4 | 143.5 | < .001 |
| One |
619 (11.89) |
103 (15.94) |
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| Two |
631 (12.13) |
109 (16.87) |
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| Three |
226 (4.34) |
59 (9.13) |
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| Four or more |
86 (1.65) |
44 (6.81) |
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| Sleep duration categories | < 6 h |
285 (5.48) |
35 (5.42) |
4 | 67.59 | < .001 |
| 6 - < 7 h |
594 (11.48) |
65 (10.06) |
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| 7 - < 8 h |
1337 (25.69) |
111 (17.18) |
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| 8- < 9 h |
1638 (31.48) |
172 (26.63) |
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| ≥9 h |
1350 (25.94) |
263 (40.71) |
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| Body Mass Index (BMI)Categories | Normal rangeBMI 18 to < 25 |
1843 (35.42) |
169 (26.16) |
1 | 21.81 | < .001 |
| Overweight/ObeseBMI ≥ 25 |
3361 (64.58) |
477 (73.84) |
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| Vegetable & fruit consumption | Met recommended guidelines |
286 (5.50) |
32 (4.95) |
1 | 0.33 | >.05 |
| Did not meet recommended guidelines |
4918 (94.50) |
614 (95.05) |
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| Physical activity last week at least 150 min | Met recommended guidelines |
2654 (51.00) |
287 (44.43) |
1 | 9.93 | < .005 |
| Did not meet recommended guidelines |
2550 (49.00) |
359 (55.57) |
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| Smoking status | current - daily |
845 (16.24) |
271 (41.95) |
3 | 257.45 | < .001 |
| current - weekly or less | 92 1.77) |
13 (2.01) |
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| Ex-smoker |
1773 (34.07) |
185 (28.64) |
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| Never smoked |
2494 (47.92) |
177 (27.40) |