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Table 1 Characteristics of 45 and Up participants according to response to follow-up survey

From: On the impact of nonresponse in logistic regression: application to the 45 and Up study

Baseline

characteristics

Moved n = 347 (%) (1.7%)

Responded

n = 20730 (%) (67.3%)

Total

n = 30799

OR (95% CI)

Gender

 Male

157 (1.7)

9232 (66.5)

13888

Ref

 Female

190 (1.7)

11498 (68.0)

16911

1.11 (1.05–1.17)

Age (yrs)

 45–54

6 (0.1)

6577 (66.0)

9960

Ref

 55–64

59 (0.7)

8696 (70.4)

12350

1.22 (1.15–1.30)

 65–74

132 (3.4)

3920 (67.5)

5805

1.12 (1.02–1.23)

 75+

150 (9.8)

1537 (57.3)

2684

0.81 (0.72–0.91)

Highest qualification

 None

34 (2.4)

1421(52.1)

2725

Ref

 Year 10

82 (2.1)

3950 (62.8)

6294

1.25 (1.14–1.37)

 Year 12

29 (1.4)

2019 (63.7)

3171

1.45 (1.30–1.62)

 Trade

35 (1.9)

1855 (62.7)

2957

1.34 (1.20–1.50)

 Cert./diploma

86 (1.7)

5042 (70.8)

7125

1.78 (1.62–1.96)

 Tertiary

81 (1.3)

6443 (75.6)

8527

2.29 (2.07–2.53)

Area remoteness

 Major cities

192 (1.8)

10885 (66.1)

16460

Ref

 Inner regional

135 (1.7)

7831(69.0)

11352

1.06 (1.00–1.12)

 Outer regional/remote/very remote

20 (1.0)

2014 (67.4)

2987

1.06 (0.97–1.16)

Country of birth

 Australia

261 (1.6)

16237 (69.1)

23492

Ref

 NW Europe

65 (2.5)

2652 (68.8)

3857

0.97 (0.89–1.04)

 S & E Europe

5 (1.4)

356 (48.8)

730

0.67 (0.56–0.79)

 Middle East

0 (0.0)

106 (42.6)

249

0.50 (0.38–0.66)

 SE Asia

4 (2.0)

204 (44.9)

454

0.47 (0.38–0.58)

 NE Asia

0 (0.0)

168 (46.9)

358

0.56 (0.44–0.70)

 S & Central Asia

0 (0.0)

102 (50.2)

203

0.50 (0.37–0.67)

 America

1 (0.4)

223 (60.4)

369

0.62 (0.50–0.78)

 Sub Saharan Africa

4 (2.3)

177 (58.8)

301

0.57 (0.45–0.72)

 Oceania

7 (1.4)

491 (64.0)

767

0.76 (0.65–0.89)

Speak a language other than English at home

 No

329 (1.7)

19453 (68.9)

28234

Ref

 Yes

18 (1.4)

1277 (49.8)

2565

0.68(0.61–0.76)

Marital status

 Single

19 (1.9)

1013 (63.2)

1604

Ref

 Married/de facto

252 (1.5)

16368 (68.5)

23908

1.13 (1.01–1.27)

 Widowed/divorced/separated

76 (2.3)

3349 (63.3)

5287

1.01 (0.89–1.14)

Work status

 FT/self-employed

21 (0.2)

8996 (68.5)

13126

Ref

 PT

20 (0.6)

3148 (71.2)

4422

1.18 (1.08–1.27)

 Fully retired

276 (4.5)

6162 (66.7)

9243

1.34 (1.23–1.46)

 Partially retired

13 (1.5)

865 (74.3)

1164

1.35 (1.17–1.55)

 Disabled/sick

3 (0.7)

442 (51.3)

862

1.07 (0.91–1.26)

 Unemployed/look after home/study/unpaid

14 (1.3)

1117 (56.4)

1982

0.86 (0.77–0.96)

Income category

  < $20,000

101 (3.4)

2951 (58.7)

5027

Ref

 $20,000–$40,000

97 (2.6)

3696 (67.1)

5512

1.11 (1.02–1.21)

 $40,000–$70,000

61 (1.3)

4598 (70.6)

6517

1.23 (1.12–1.34)

  > $70,000

34 (0.5)

6890 (73.3)

9394

1.25 (1.13–1.38)

 Prefer not to answer

54 (2.1)

2595 (59.7)

4349

0.84 (0.77–0.92)

Dwelling type

 House/house on farm

272 (1.5)

18419 (68.0)

27086

Ref

 Flat/unit/apart.

64 (3.2)

2030 (62.8)

3231

0.92 (0.85–1.00)

 Mobile home/other

11 (3.9)

281 (58.3)

482

0.86 (0.71–1.04)

Carer status

 No

296 (1.6)

18427 (67.8)

27178

Ref

 Yes

51 (2.2)

2303 (63.6)

3621

0.88 (0.82–0.95)

Self-rated health

 Excellent

37 (1.0)

3893 (74.6)

5219

Ref

 Very good

116 (1.4)

8420 (70.9)

11876

0.88 (0.82–0.95)

 Good

133 (2.1)

6436 (64.5)

9984

0.74 (0.68–0.80)

 Fair

52 (3.0)

1729 (54.5)

3170

0.58 (0.52–0.65)

 Poor

9 (3.6)

252 (45.8)

550

0.53 (0.43–0.65)

Functional limitation (fl)

 No fl

163 (1.0)

15710 (69.8)

22510

Ref

 Slight fl

95 (3.4)

2802 (65.8)

4261

1.04 (0.96–1.12)

 Moderate fl

35 (3.1)

1119 (59.2)

1891

0.94 (0.85–1.05)

 Significant fl

35 (5.1)

686 (54.1)

1267

0.81 (0.71–0.92)

 Severe fl

19 (4.6)

413 (47.5)

870

0.72 (0.61–0.84)

DSSI in quartiles

 1

179 (2.1)

8383 (69.6)

12039

Ref

 2

62 (1.2)

5063 (68.2)

7428

0.98 (0.92–1.05)

 3

50 (1.4)

3611 (66.3)

5447

0.96 (0.90–1.03)

 4

56 (1.5)

3673 (62.4)

5885

0.89 (0.83–0.96)