Table 3.
Psychological impacts by gender, age group, health literacy, IRSAD quintile and number of comorbidities (n=707)*
| Nervous or stressed n (%) |
Alone or lonely n (%) |
|
| Total | 179 (25.3) | 158 (22.3) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 73 (21.3) | 75 (21.8) |
| Female | 105 (29.0) | 83 (22.8) |
| Age group, years | ||
| <30 | 31 (20.9) | 30 (20.2) |
| 30–49 | 65 (22.0) | 52 (17.6) |
| 50–69 | 58 (29.9) | 44 (22.6) |
| 70+ | 25 (35.0) | 33 (45.5) |
| Health literacy | ||
| Inadequate | 89 (30.7) | 81 (27.8) |
| Adequate | 89 (21.4) | 77 (18.5) |
| IRSAD quintile | ||
| Lowest | 61 (27.2) | 44 (19.7) |
| Not lowest | 118 (24.4) | 114 (23.5) |
| Comorbidities† | ||
| 0 | 85 (20.1) | 73 (17.4) |
| 1 | 46 (29.5) | 37 (23.7) |
| 2 | 48 (36.6) | 48 (36.5) |
| Language | ||
| Assyrian | 22 (16.9) | 13 (9.5) |
| Croatian | 40 (33.4) | 50 (41.1) |
| Arabic | 14 (17.9) | 19 (23.5) |
| Chinese | 5 (6.0) | 5 (6.1) |
| Dinka | 24 (38.0) | 15 (24.4) |
| Khmer | 36 (57.1) | 32 (51.2) |
| Dari | 14 (31.9) | 8 (17.8) |
| Spanish† | 5 (11.9) | 6 (14.2) |
| Hindi | 6 (13.4) | 2 (5.6) |
| Samoan/Tongan | 12 (29.0) | 6 (14.2) |
| English language proficiency | ||
| Very well/well | 104 (21.4) | 89 (18.3) |
| Not well/not at all | 74 (33.7) | 69 (31.3) |
*n=1 respondent excluded from the weighted analyses included in this table; weighted frequencies have been rounded to whole numbers for clarity.
†Health conditions assessed included respiratory disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high blood pressure, cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, depression and anxiety.
IRSAD, Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage.