Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the baseline sample and study cohort by intervention and comparison areas, and those lost to follow-up
| Â | Baseline (n = 1140) | Cohort (n = 909) | Lost to follow-up (n = 541) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Intervention | Comparison | Total | Intervention | Comparison | Total | Total |
| Â | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
SEX | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 40.2 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 39.8 | 39.9 | 39.8 | 42.7 |
Female | 59.9 | 58.1 | 59.1 | 60.2 | 60.2 | 60.2 | 57.3 |
AGE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
18-29 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 22.3* |
30-44 | 33.2 | 26.9 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 26.1 | 29.8 | 31.6 |
45-60 | 27.2 | 25.1 | 26.3 | 29.0 | 24.3 | 27.0 | 25.1 |
61+ | 22.4 | 31.5 | 26.4 | 24.0 | 37.0* | 29.6 | 21.0* |
EDUCATION | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No formal | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 9.9 |
School Certificate | 24.1 | 19.8 | 22.3 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 22.8 | 21.4 |
HSC | 18.3 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 19.1 |
Trade | 26.3 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 26.2 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 22.5 |
University | 25.9 | 16.9 | 20.8 | 17.7 | 26.0 | 21.2 | 20.1 |
Other | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.7 |
CURRENTLY STUDYING | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 13.3 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 17.4* |
COUNTRY OF BIRTH | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Australia | 47.3 | 43.2 | 45.5 | 55.4 | 61.4 | 58.0 | 48.5* |
EMPLOYMENT | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Full-time | 39.1 | 32.1 | 36.1 | 39.7 | 29.3 | 35.2 | 37.5 |
Part-time | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 13.3 | 8.8 |
Keeping house | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 13.7 |
Aged pension | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 9.8 |
Other | 26.2 | 32.7 | 28.9 | 23.7 | 34.4 | 28.3 | 30.2 |