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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for men included in the study. Numerical variables are presented as mean (standard deviation) or median [interquartile range], and categorical variables as count (%)

From: Age and gender patterns in health service utilisation: Age-Period-Cohort modelling of linked health service usage records

 

b 2004

b 2016

k 2004

k 2016

n

1451

1565

1355

1431

Age

35.0 (5.4)

46.9 (5.6)

38.6 (5.2)

50.5 (5.4)

Cohort

1969

1970

1966

1966

 

[1966, 1972]

[1966, 1973]

[1962, 1969]

[1962, 1969]

Australian

1147 (79.0)

1242 (79.4)

1017 (75.1)

1075 (75.1)

Indigenousa

11 ( 0.8)

15 ( 1.0)

10 ( 0.7)

12 ( 0.8)

Education

    

- 11-

127 ( 8.8)

101 ( 6.5)

154 (11.4)

136 ( 9.5)

- 12

149 (10.3)

109 ( 7.0)

128 ( 9.4)

96 ( 6.7)

- bach+

434 (29.9)

484 (30.9)

401 (29.6)

402 (28.1)

- dipl/cert

736 (50.7)

864 (55.2)

669 (49.4)

785 (54.9)

- NA

5 ( 0.3)

7 ( 0.4)

3 ( 0.2)

12 ( 0.8)

Has Partner

1450 (99.9)

1536 (98.1)

1346 (99.3)

1370 (95.7)

Employment status

    

- Full time

1310 (90.3)

1378 (88.1)

1237 (91.3)

1261 (88.1)

- Part time

71 ( 4.9)

90 ( 5.8)

57 ( 4.2)

75 ( 5.2)

- Not in labour force

48 ( 3.3)

62 ( 4.0)

46 ( 3.4)

67 ( 4.7)

- Unemployed

22 ( 1.5)

35 ( 2.2)

15 ( 1.1)

28 ( 2.0)

Incomeb

583

1136

593

1244

 

[412, 842]

[784, 1571]

[426, 861]

[873, 1706]

Number of adults

2 [2, 2]

2 [2, 3]

2 [2, 2]

2 [2, 3]

Number of children

2 [1, 2]

2 [1, 3]

2 [2, 3]

2 [1, 2]

GP visits

2 [0, 3]

2 [1, 5]

2 [1, 4]

3 [1, 5]

  1. aIndigenous: Aboriginal people, Torres Strait Islander people, or both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  2. b Income: total gross household income in Australian dollars, adjusted for the number of people in the household by dividing the annual income by a factor that is equal to one for a single-person household, adding 0.5 for each additional adult and 0.3 for each child (under 15 years)