Table 1.

Hockey NSW registration demographics and the odds of dropping out in the 2018 season

	2017 registrations		2018 registrations		Odds of dropping out in 2018
	N	%	N	%	OR (95% CI)
All registrants	27,534	100	26,826	100
Age category
5–6 years	1091	4.0	914	3.4	2.1 (1.8, 2.4)
7–11 years	5289	19.2	5076	18.9	0.8 (0.8, 0.9)
12–17 years	6547	23.8	6369	23.7	Reference
18–25 years	3944	14.3	3812	14.2	1.6 (1.4, 1.7)
25–34 years	3253	11.8	3143	11.7	1.3 (1.2, 1.4)
35–44 years	3251	11.8	3185	11.9	0.9 (0.8, 1.0)
45–54 years	2739	10.0	2802	10.5	0.8 (0.7, 0.8)
55–64 years	1112	4.0	1187	4.4	0.6 (0.5, 0.7)
65 + years	308	1.1	337	1.3	0.9 (0.7, 1.1)
Sex
Male	11,319	41.1	11,200	41.8	Reference
Female	16,057	58.3	15,535	57.9	1.1 (1.0, 1.2)
Missing	158	0.6	91	0.3
Country of birth
Australia	15,213	55.3	21,367	79.7	Reference
Other	2577	9.4	3864	14.4	1.3 (0.6, 2.8)
Missing	9744	35.4	1595	6.0
A parent born overseas
Yes	3189	11.6	4855	18.1	1.1 (0.5, 2.2)
No	11,938	43.4	17,075	63.7	Reference
Missing	12,407	45.1	4896	18.3
Identified as Indigenous
Yes	1231	4.5	1180	4.4	1.2 (1.1, 1.4)
No	25,950	94.3	25,333	94.4	Reference
Missing	353	1.3	313	1.2
Identified as having a Disability
Yes	305	1.1	337	1.3	0.7 (0.5, 0.9)
No	26,910	97.7	26,239	97.8	Reference
Missing	319	1.2	250	0.9
Socio-economic status
1st quartile (most disadvantaged)	4244	15.4	4221	15.7	1.1 (1.0, 1.2)
2nd quartile	9429	34.2	9130	34.0	1.1 (1.0, 1.2)
3rd quartile	6682	24.3	6550	24.4	1.1 (1.0, 1.1)
4th quartile (least disadvantaged)	6661	24.2	6569	24.5	Reference
Missing	518	1.9	356	1.3
Location
Major cities	12,612	45.8	12,358	46.1	Reference
Inner regional	12,356	44.9	12,048	44.9	1.1 (1.1, 1.2)
Outer regional and remote	2124	7.7	2137	8.0	1.1 (1.0, 1.2)
Missing	442	1.6	283	1.1

OR: Odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. This table uses registration data only