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Table 4 Characteristics of preliminary Mayi Kuwayu Study postal respondents, overall and by response mode

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

 

Respondents

Response mode

N

% Paper (n/N)

% Online (n/N)

p-value

TOTAL

456

89.5 (408/456)

10.5 (48/456)

Response received

 Within 4 weeks

390

91.0 (355/390)

9.0 (35/390)

0.02

  > 4 to 14 weeks

66

80.3 (53/66)

19.7 (13/66)

 

Gender

 Male

195

89.7 (175/196)

10.3 (20/196)

1.0

 Female

255

89.4 (228/255)

10.6 (27/255)

 

Unclassifiable

6

83.3(5/6)

16.7(1/6)

 

Remoteness

 Major cities

194

85.6 (166/194)

14.4 (28/194)

0.06

 Regional

222

92.8 (206/222)

7.2 (16/222)

 

 Remote

37

89.2 (33/37)

10.8 (4/37)

 

Unclassifiable

3

100(3/3)

0(0/3)

 

Age group

 16–24

65

84.6 (55/65)

15.4 (10/65)

< 0.01

 25–34

58

81.0 (47/58)

19.0 (11/58)

 

 35–49

70

82.9 (58/70)

17.1 (12/70)

 

  ≥ 50

251

94.8 (238/252)

5.2 (13/252)

 

Unclassifiable

12

83.3(10/12)

16.7(2/12)

 

Education

 No school

2

100 (2/2)

0 (0/2)

0.04

 Up to Year 10

189

94.2 (178/189)

5.8 (11/189)

 

 Year 12

51

94.1 (48/51)

5.9 (3/51)

 

 Technical or trade

126

87.3 (110/126)

12.7 (16/126)

 

 University

77

83.1 (64/77)

16.9 (13/77)

 

Unclassifiable

11

54.5(6/11)

45.5(5/11)

 

Financial status

 Some savings

212

89.6 (190/212)

10.4 (22/212)

0.51

 Just enough

144

91.0 (131/144)

9 (13/144)

 

 No savings

60

88.3 (53/60)

11.7 (7/60)

 

 Unsure

20

100 (20/20)

0 (0/20)

 

Unclassified

20

70.0(14/20)

30.0(6/20)

 

First language

 Indigenous language

9

66.7 (6/9)

33.3 (3/9)

< 0.01

 English

429

90.9 (390/430)

9.1 (39/430)

 

 Other

9

33.3 (3/9)

66.7 (6/9)

 

Unclassifiable

9

100.0(9/9)

0(0/9)

 
  1. *the category unclassifiable was not included in fisher exact test