Table 3.
Demographic and mental health characteristics of survey respondents compared with those of the New South Wales general population.
| Characteristics | Partial completers, n % | Completers, n % | Survey initiatorsa, n % | NSWb general population, % | Completers versus NSW | Survey initiators versus NSW | ||||
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Chi-square (df; number of participants included in the sample) | P value | Chi-square (df) | P value | ||
| Gender | 10.24 (1, n=8821) | .002 | 9.01 | .003 | ||||||
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Female | 894 (62.5) | 4971 (67.31) | 5,865 (66.49) | 3,794,217 (50.72) |
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Male | 537 (37.5) | 2419 (32.69) | 2,956 (33.51) | 3,686,014 (49.28) |
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| Age (years) | 11.75 (1, n=8839) | .003 | 11.75 | .003 | ||||||
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18-34 | 448 (31.1) | 2,139 (28.91) | 2,587 (29.27) | 1,647,194 (27.5) |
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35-59 | 757 (52.6) | 4,241 (57.32) | 4,998 (56.54) | 2,450,605 (43.5) |
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≥60 | 235 (16.3) | 1,019 (13.77) | 1,254 (14.18) | 1,637,690 (29.0) |
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| Language at home | 9.47 (1, n=9524) | .002 | 7.67 | .006 | ||||||
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English only | 2,122 (100) | 7,274 (98.27) | 9,396 (98.66) | 5,126,633 (87.45) |
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Language other than English | 0 | 128 (1.7) | 128 (1.3) | 735, 563 (12.55) |
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| Highest educationc | 22.76 (1, n=8885) | <.001 | 19.38 | <.001 | ||||||
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Less than year 12 | 220 (15.2) | 759 (10.2) | 979 (11.0) | 1,479,305 (32.54) |
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Year 12 | 240 (16.6) | 962 (12.9) | 1,202 (13.52) | 930,654 (20.47) |
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Tertiary qualification | 986 (68.2) | 5,718 (76.86) | 6,704 (75.45) | 2,135,805 (46.98) |
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| Mental health condition | 149.71 (1, n=8884) | <.001 | 145.54 | <.001 | ||||||
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Yes | 976 (67.5) | 4,969 (66.79) | 5,945 (66.9) | 1,428, 724 (19.09) |
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No | 469 (32.5) | 2,470 (33.21) | 2,939 (33.08) | 6,051,507 (80.91) |
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aSurvey initiators=partial completers+completers.
bNSW: New South Wales.
cYear 12 is the final year of high school equivalent according to the Australian education system; note: for all categories missing or unknown responses were excluded from percentage calculations.