|
Socio-demographic characteristic
|
n (%)
|
Current health status
|
n (%)
|
|---|
|
Age (years):
| |
Overall mental health:
| |
|
18-34
|
157 (7.3)
|
Good to excellent
|
1851 (87)
|
|
35-44
|
277 (13)
|
Poor/fair
|
279 (13)
|
|
45-54
|
452 (21)
|
Overall physical health:
| |
|
55-64
|
617 (29)
|
Good to excellent
|
1690 (79)
|
|
65+
|
647 (30)
|
Poor/fair
|
439 (21)
|
|
Gender:
| | | |
|
Male
|
853 (40)
|
Kessler K-10 score:
| |
|
Female
|
1297 (60)
|
10-15
|
1503 (71)
|
|
Education:
| |
16-24
|
489 (23)
|
|
Partial schooling
|
605 (28)
|
25-50
|
132 (6.2)
|
|
Completed high school or above
|
1399 (65)
| | |
|
Unknown
|
146 (6.8)
|
AUDIT:
| |
|
Marital status (n=2133):
| |
0-7
|
1829 (86)
|
|
Married/de facto
|
1590 (75)
|
8+
|
297 (14)
|
|
Divorced/separated
|
215 (10)
| | |
|
Widowed
|
172 (8.1)
|
PHQ-9 symptomatology:
| |
|
Never married
|
156 (7.3)
|
No symptoms
|
1718 (81)
|
|
ASGC category (Remoteness):
| |
Depressive symptoms
|
415 (19)
|
|
Inner regional
|
778 (36)
| | |
|
Outer regional
|
802 (37)
|
Recent adverse life events:
| |
|
Remote
|
406 (19)
|
0-2
|
1668 (80)
|
|
Very remote
|
164 (7.6)
|
3-5
|
363 (17)
|
|
Financial position (n=2126):
| |
>5
|
48 (2.3)
|
|
Prosperous/comfortable
|
340 (16)
| | |
|
Reasonable
|
1080 (51)
|
Smoking status:
| |
|
Just getting along to very poor
|
706 (33)
|
No
|
1858 (87)
|
| | |
Yes
|
274 (13)
|
- ARMHS, Australian Rural Mental Health Study; ASGC, Australian Standard Geographic Classification category, based on the Accessibility Remote Index of Australia (ARIA+ version); AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; PHQ-9, Patient Health questionnaire.
