Table 1.
Characteristics of schools included in the analysis, 2016 1.
| Variable | n | (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Remoteness classification | ||
| Major cities | 750 | 58 |
| Inner Regional | 288 | 22 |
| Outer Regional | 165 | 13 |
| Remote and very remote | 72 | 6 |
| Missing | 5 | 0.4 |
| Co-educational status | ||
| Co-educational school | 1100 | 86 |
| Single sex school | 150 | 12 |
| Missing | 30 | 2 |
| % Indigenous student enrolment 2 | ||
| Low (0–2%) | 451 | 35 |
| Medium (3–8%) | 341 | 27 |
| High (9–100%) | 397 | 31 |
| Missing | 97 | 8 |
|
Relative socioeconomic disadvantage score
(postcode) | ||
| Most disadvantaged | 423 | 33 |
| Less disadvantaged | 428 | 33 |
| Least disadvantaged | 423 | 33 |
| Missing | 6 | 0.5 |
| School size (total school enrolment) 2 | ||
| Small (11–383) | 415 | 32 |
| Medium (384–844) | 419 | 33 |
| Large (845–2735) | 416 | 33 |
| Missing | 30 | 2 |
| Special education status | ||
| Mainstream school | 1172 | 92 |
| Special education school | 103 | 8 |
| Missing | 5 | 0.4 |
| Language-background-other-than-English 2 | ||
| Low (0–6%) | 451 | 35 |
| Medium (7–22%) | 380 | 30 |
| High (23–100%) | 413 | 32 |
| Missing | 36 | 3 |
|
Attendance (% of all possible school days
attended) 2 | ||
| Low (29–87%) | 449 | 35 |
| Medium (88–91%) | 417 | 33 |
| High (92–97%) | 272 | 21 |
| Missing | 142 | 11 |
1 Proportions were calculated for non-missing data only. 2 Continuous measurements were categorised using tertiles.