Table 1 Comparisons between the AWES-Asthma sample and the Australian workforce [23] by gender
From: The estimated prevalence of exposure to asthmagens in the Australian workforce, 2014
Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic Characteristic | AWES Sample | Australian Census | p-value | AWES Sample | Australian Census | p-value | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Total | 2 441 | 5 040 849 | 2 437 | 4 441 578 | ||||||
Age | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
18–34 years | 301 | 12 % | 1 844 844 | 37 % | 227 | 9 % | 1 634 880 | 37 % | ||
35–50 years | 1 050 | 43 % | 1 957 490 | 39 % | 1 115 | 46 % | 1 751 048 | 39 % | ||
51–64 years | 1 090 | 45 % | 1 238 515 | 25 % | 1 095 | 45 % | 1 055 650 | 24 % | ||
State | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||
New South Wales | 767 | 31 % | 1 573 658 | 31 % | 760 | 31 % | 1 388 132 | 31 % | ||
Victoria | 595 | 24 % | 1 272 872 | 25 % | 637 | 26 % | 1 121 241 | 25 % | ||
Queensland | 471 | 19 % | 1 012 186 | 20 % | 481 | 20 % | 901 345 | 20 % | ||
South Australia | 166 | 7 % | 367 283 | 7 % | 180 | 7 % | 328 939 | 7 % | ||
Western Australia | 308 | 13 % | 563 640 | 11 % | 259 | 11 % | 469 323 | 11 % | ||
Tasmania | 61 | 2 % | 105 692 | 2 % | 46 | 2 % | 98 326 | 2 % | ||
Australian Capital Territory | 47 | 2 % | 95 380 | 2 % | 44 | 2 % | 90 729 | 2 % | ||
Northern Territory | 26 | 1 % | 50 138 | 1 % | 30 | 1 % | 43 543 | 1 % | ||
Country of Birth | 0.06 | 0.10 | ||||||||
Australia | 1 913 | 78 % | 3 529 539 | 70 % | 1 937 | 79 % | 3 178 745 | 72 % | ||
Other | 524 | 21 % | 1 511 310 | 30 % | 496 | 20 % | 1 262 833 | 28 % | ||
Education | 0.12 | 0.12 | ||||||||
High school or lower | 962 | 39 % | 1 949 397 | 39 % | 806 | 33 % | 1 822 204 | 41 % | ||
Vocational/Trade | 720 | 29 % | 1 904 288 | 38 % | 684 | 28 % | 1 269 804 | 29 % | ||
Bachelor or higher | 758 | 31 % | 1 187 164 | 24 % | 946 | 39 % | 1 349 570 | 30 % | ||
Socioeconomic status | 0.57 | 0.32 | ||||||||
Highest Quintile (Most advantaged) | 560 | 23 % | 1 403 088 | 28 % | 519 | 21 % | 1 288 370 | 29 % | ||
Fourth | 483 | 20 % | 1 146 277 | 23 % | 515 | 21 % | 1 018 968 | 23 % | ||
Third | 519 | 21 % | 1 026 527 | 21 % | 523 | 21 % | 900 151 | 20 % | ||
Second | 522 | 21 % | 785 385 | 16 % | 504 | 21 % | 683 200 | 16 % | ||
Lowest (Least advantaged) | 348 | 14 % | 626 538 | 13 % | 374 | 15 % | 509 704 | 12 % | ||
Remoteness | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
Major City | 1 232 | 50 % | 3 617 002 | 72 % | 1 216 | 50 % | 3 207 391 | 72 % | ||
Inner regional | 933 | 38 % | 858 019 | 17 % | 945 | 39 % | 766 516 | 17 % | ||
Outer regional/Remote/Very remote | 276 | 11 % | 556 727 | 11 % | 276 | 11 % | 462 011 | 10 % | ||
Occupation Group | 0.66 | 0.46 | ||||||||
Allied health | 11 | 0 % | 56 186 | 1 % | 34 | 1 % | 142 242 | 3 % | ||
Carers | 16 | 1 % | 50 425 | 1 % | 108 | 4 % | 287 442 | 7 % | ||
Cleaning | 36 | 1 % | 67 601 | 1 % | 71 | 3 % | 112 962 | 3 % | ||
Construction | 185 | 8 % | 481 448 | 10 % | 1 | 0 % | 23 653 | 1 % | ||
Education | 88 | 4 % | 137 470 | 3 % | 343 | 14 % | 364 921 | 9 % | ||
Electric/electronic | 75 | 3 % | 210 123 | 5 % | 0 | 0 % | 7 064 | 0 % | ||
Farming/Animal Worker | 178 | 7 % | 142 114 | 3 % | 60 | 2 % | 68 626 | 2 % | ||
Food preparation | 79 | 3 % | 169 586 | 4 % | 71 | 3 % | 115 877 | 3 % | ||
Food Service | 18 | 1 % | 90 777 | 2 % | 42 | 2 % | 159 860 | 4 % | ||
Gardening | 62 | 3 % | 113 707 | 2 % | 17 | 1 % | 18 715 | 0 % | ||
Hairdressers | 2 | 0 % | 10 931 | 0 % | 22 | 1 % | 70 677 | 2 % | ||
Manager-Administration | 871 | 36 % | 1 123 391 | 24 % | 0.01 | 1 129 | 46 % | 1 654 232 | 39 % | 0.15 |
Manufacturing | 64 | 3 % | 155 192 | 3 % | 22 | 1 % | 72 262 | 2 % | ||
Mechanical Workers | 64 | 3 % | 111 689 | 2 % | 1 | 0 % | 1 681 | 0 % | ||
Metal Workers | 82 | 3 % | 174 438 | 4 % | 2 | 0 % | 2 574 | 0 % | ||
Mining | 27 | 1 % | 67 135 | 1 % | 0 | 0 % | 6 181 | 0 % | ||
Nurse/Medical | 45 | 2 % | 81 407 | 2 % | 227 | 9 % | 290 228 | 7 % | ||
Other | 23 | 1 % | 151 785 | 3 % | 11 | 0 % | 96 719 | 2 % | ||
Painting/Printing | 45 | 2 % | 102 195 | 2 % | 4 | 0 % | 23 348 | 1 % | ||
Retail | 143 | 6 % | 485 707 | 10 % | 205 | 8 % | 585 503 | 14 % | ||
Security/safety | 48 | 2 % | 115 691 | 2 % | 7 | 0 % | 26 264 | 1 % | ||
Technical/engineering | 37 | 2 % | 87 799 | 2 % | 40 | 2 % | 62 513 | 1 % | ||
Transport | 166 | 7 % | 339 713 | 7 % | 18 | 1 % | 36 282 | 1 % | ||
Wood workers | 76 | 3 % | 135 873 | 3 % | 2 | 0 % | 2 816 | 0 % | ||