| |
Proportion of children (%) (b)
|
Mother’s Indigenous status
|
|---|
|
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in both WAACHS and Midwives’ Notification System (%) (c)
|
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in WAACHS only (%) (c)
|
Non-Indigenous in both WAACHS and Midwives’ Notification System (%) (c)
|
|---|
|
Level of relative isolation—
|
|
None
|
36.9
|
63.1
|
13.6
|
23.3
|
|
Low
|
26.3
|
72.7
|
9.6
|
17.7
|
|
Moderate
|
20.5
|
88.1
|
3.6
|
8.3
|
|
High
|
9.2
|
96.1
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
|
Extreme
|
7.1
|
98.6
|
0.8
|
0.6
|
|
Relative socio-economic disadvantage of place of residence—
|
|
Bottom 5%
|
24.2
|
86.6
|
6.8
|
6.7
|
|
5%-10%
|
12.7
|
79.9
|
7.5
|
12.6
|
|
10%-25%
|
26.5
|
74.1
|
9.6
|
16.3
|
|
25%-50%
|
26.9
|
71.5
|
8.7
|
19.9
|
|
Top 50%
|
9.7
|
65.5
|
10.9
|
23.6
|
|
Marital status—
|
|
Married/de facto
|
66.5
|
75.1
|
9.3
|
15.6
|
|
Never married
|
31.6
|
79.8
|
6.7
|
13.5
|
|
Separated/ divorced/ widowed
|
1.5
|
61.6
|
11.8
|
26.6
|
|
Not stated
|
0.4
|
52.3
|
11.7
|
36.0
|
- (a) Estimates based on 3,820 WAACHS children whose primary carer was their mother and who were linked to their birth records.
- (b) Proportion of children in each category of interest, i.e. column percentages.
- (c) Proportion of children by mother’s Indigenous status, i.e. row percentages.
