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Table 1 45 and Up Study participants’ characteristics (2006–2009) used in fully raked weighting and comparison with Census data for the NSW and Australian populations

From: Raking of data from a large Australian cohort study improves generalisability of estimates of prevalence of health and behaviour characteristics and cancer incidence

Weighting characteristic

45 and Up Study unweighted

(N = 255,365)

Census 2006 NSW (N = 2,529,664)

45 and Up Study weighted to NSWa

(full raking)

Census 2006 Australia

(N = 7,599,570)

45 and Up Study weighted to Australiab

(full raking)

n

% (95% CI)

%

% (95% CI)

%

% (95% CI)

Sex

  Male

117,969

46.2 (46.0, 46.4)

47.8

47.8 (47.5, 48.1)

47.9

47.9 (47.6, 48.2)

  Female

137,396

53.8 (53.6, 54.0)

52.2

52.2 (51.9, 52.5)

52.1

52.1 (51.8, 52.4)

Age group (years)

  45–49

33,711

13.2 (13.1, 13.3)

18.8

18.8 (18.6, 19.0)

19.0

19.0 (18.8, 19.3)

  50–54

41,504

16.3 (16.1, 16.4)

17.0

17.0 (16.8, 17.2)

17.3

17.3 (17.1, 17.5)

  55–59

43,865

17.2 (17.0, 17.3)

15.9

15.9 (15.7, 16.1)

16.2

16.2 (16.1, 16.4)

  60–64

38,710

15.2 (15.0, 15.3)

12.6

12.6 (12.4, 12.7)

12.6

12.6 (12.5, 12.8)

  65–69

32,235

12.6 (12.5, 12.8)

10.1

10.1 (9.9, 10.2)

10.0

10.0 (9.8, 10.1)

  70–74

23,168

9.1 (9.0, 9.2)

8.3

8.3 (8.2, 8.5)

8.1

8.1 (8.0, 8.2)

  75–79

16,949

6.6 (6.5, 6.7)

7.4

7.4 (7.3, 7.6)

7.2

7.2 (7.0, 7.3)

  80–84

17,621

6.9 (6.8, 7.0)

5.6

5.6 (5.5, 5.7)

5.3

5.3 (5.2, 5.4)

  85 + 

7,602

3.0 (2.9, 3.0)

4.4

4.4 (4.3, 4.5)

4.2

4.2 (4.1, 4.4)

Place of residence (ARIA)

  Major City

135,389

53.0 (52.8, 53.2)

69.0

69.0 (68.6, 69.3)

66.1

66.2 (65.9, 66.6)

  Inner Regional

90,786

35.6 (35.4, 35.7)

22.8

22.8 (22.7, 23.0)

21.7

21.8 (21.6, 21.9)

  Outer Regional

26,704

10.5 (10.3, 10.6)

7.7

7.7 (7.6, 7.8)

10.1

10.1 (9.9, 10.2)

  Remote/Very Remote

2,486

1.0 (0.9, 1.0)

0.6

0.6 (0.5, 0.6)

1.9

1.9 (1.8, 2.0)

Educational attainment

  No School Certificate

30,327

11.9 (11.8, 12.0)

22.8

22.8 (22.5, 23.1)

22.3

22.3 (22.0, 22.6)

  School Certificate

57,213

22.4 (22.2, 22.6)

23.2

23.2 (23.0, 23.4)

24.4

24.4 (24.2, 24.7)

  Trade/Certificate/Diploma

82,527

32.3 (32.1, 32.5)

28.0

28.0 (27.8, 28.2)

27.7

27.7 (27.5, 27.9)

  Higher School Certificate

25,364

9.9 (9.8, 10.0)

12.4

12.4 (12.2, 12.6)

12.7

12.7 (12.5, 12.9)

  University degree or higher

59,934

23.5 (23.3, 23.6)

13.7

13.7 (13.6, 13.8)

12.8

12.8 (12.7, 13.0)

Region of birth

  Australia

193,250

75.7 (75.5, 75.8)

66.0

66.0 (65.7, 66.2)

66.4

66.4 (66.1, 66.6)

  NZ and Oceania

5,760

2.3 (2.2, 2.3)

2.5

2.5 (2.5, 2.6)

2.7

2.7 (2.6, 2.8)

  Asia

8,901

3.5 (3.4, 3.6)

8.1

8.1 (7.9, 8.2)

6.0

6.0 (5.9, 6.2)

  UK and Ireland

25,270

9.9 (9.8, 10.0)

8.0

8.0 (7.9, 8.1)

10.4

10.4 (10.2, 10.5)

  Europe

14,891

5.8 (5.7, 5.9)

10.4

10.4 (10.2, 10.6)

10.9

10.9 (10.7, 11.1)

  Other

7,293

2.9 (2.8, 2.9)

5.1

5.1 (5.0, 5.2)

3.6

3.6 (3.5, 3.7)

Language other than English

  No

231,220

90.5 (90.4, 90.7)

80.2

80.3 (80.1, 80.6)

83.5

83.5 (83.2, 83.7)

  Yes

24,145

9.5 (9.3, 9.6)

19.8

19.7 (19.4, 20.0)

16.5

16.5 (16.3, 16.7)

Marital status

  Never married

15,975

6.3 (6.2, 6.3)

8.4

8.4 (8.2, 8.5)

7.9

7.9 (7.7, 8.0)

  Widowed

22,040

8.6 (8.5, 8.7)

12.5

12.5 (12.3, 12.7)

12.0

12.0 (11.8, 12.2)

  Divorced

19,059

7.5 (7.4, 7.6)

11.9

11.9 (11.7, 12.1)

12.3

12.3 (12.1, 12.5)

  Separated

7,124

2.8 (2.7, 2.9)

3.8

3.8 (3.7, 3.9)

3.8

3.8 (3.7, 3.9)

  Married

191,167

74.9 (74.7, 75.0)

63.5

63.5 (63.2, 63.7)

64.0

64.0 (63.8, 64.2)

  1. aEstimates after full raking based on all characteristics listed in Table 1 and matching to the ABS Census 2006 data (restricted to the NSW population)
  2. bEstimates after full raking based on all characteristics listed in Table 1 and matching to the ABS Census 2006 data for the whole Australian population. ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics, ARIA Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia, CI Confidence Intervals, NSW New South Wales, NZ New Zealand, UK United Kingdom