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Table 2 Response rate to the Mayi Kuwayu Study preliminary postal distribution (N = 20,000), overall and by gender, age group and remoteness

From: Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019

 

Major cities

Regional

Remote

Total

n/N

response rate (%)

95%CI

n/N

response rate (%)

95%CI

n/N

response rate (%)

95%CI

n/N

response rate (%)

95%CI

Male

 16–24

8/821

1.0

0.4–1.9

5/1178

0.4

0.1–1.0

2/523

0.4

< 0.1–1.4

16/2522

0.6

0.4–1.0

 25–34

13/857

1.5

0.8–2.6

9/1101

0.8

0.4–1.5

3/512

0.6

0.1–1.7

25/2470

1.0

0.7–1.5

 35–49

15/708

2.1

1.2–3.5

13/946

1.4

0.7–2.3

1/541

0.2

< 0.1–1.0

31/2195

1.4

1.0–2.0

  ≥ 50

45/756

6.0

4.4–7.9

61/1017

6.0

4.6–7.6

11/547

2.0

1.0–3.6

117/2320

5.0

4.2–6.0

All male

84/3142

2.7

2.1–3.3

90/4242

2.1

1.7–2.6

18/2123

0.8

0.5–1.3

195/9507

2.1

1.8–2.4

Female

 16–24

23/928

2.5

1.6–3.7

24/1267

1.9

1.2–2.8

2/553

0.4

< 0.1–1.3

49/2748

1.8

1.3–2.4

 25–34

16/964

1.7

1.0–2.7

15/1148

1.3

0.7–2.1

1/583

0.2

< 0.1–1.0

32/2695

1.2

0.8–1.7

 35–49

21/803

2.6

1.6–4.0

16/1005

1.6

0.9–2.6

2/613

0.3

< 0.1–1.2

39/2421

1.6

1.1–2.2

  ≥ 50

49/886

5.5

4.1–7.2

71/1148

6.2

4.9–7.7

12/595

2.0

1.0–3.5

132/2629

5.0

4.2–5.9

All female

109/3581

3.0

2.5–3.7

128/4568

2.8

2.3–3.3

18/2344

0.8

0.5–1.2

255/10493

2.4

2.1–2.7

TOTAL

194/6723

2.9

2.5–3.3

222/8810

2.5

2.2–2.9

37/4467

0.8

0.6–1.1

456/20000

2.3

2.1–2.5

  1. *18 participants were missing one or more variable of interest (gender, remoteness, age group) or reported “other” to gender. These missing/other data are not presented in the stratified results but are included in the totals
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