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Table 3 Sample gender and age composition relative to targets

From: Recruiting a representative sample of urban South Australian Aboriginal adults for a survey on alcohol consumption

Age

n

sample %

census %

differencea %

Female

 16–24

89

12.61

12.24

0.37

 25–44

145

20.54

20.67

−0.13

 45–64

103

14.59

14.65

−0.06

 65+

35

4.96

4.24

0.72

Male

 16–24

99

14.02

14.87

−0.85

 25–44

131

18.56

18.73

−0.18

 45–64

88

12.46

12.35

0.12

 65+

16

2.27

2.25

0.01

  1. a Absolute difference between percentages
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