Table 1 Weighted sociodemographics and breathlessness by working status from a random sample of working aged (20–65), community-dwelling respondents in South Australia (n = 6,608)
From: Lower workforce participation is associated with more severe persisting breathlessness
Working Status | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 6,608) | Paid full- or part-time (n = 4688; 70.9%) | Other* (n = 1920; 29.1%) | ||
Age | ||||
Mean (standard deviation) | 41.9 (13.0) | 41.1 (12.0) | 43.6 (15.1) | < 0.001 |
n (%) | ||||
Younger (20–44) | 3712 (56.2) | 2741 (58.5) | 971 (50.6) | 0.001 |
Older (45–65) | 2896 (43.8) | 1947 (41.5) | 949 (49.4) | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 3299 (49.9) | 2549 (54.4) | 750 (39.1) | < 0.001 |
Female | 3309 (50.1) | 2139 (45.6) | 1170 (60.9) | |
egion of residence | ||||
Non-metropolitan (rural, regional) | 1656 (25.1) | 1142 (24.4) | 514 (26.8) | 0.04 |
Metropolitan | 4952 (74.9) | 3546 (75.6) | 1406 (73.2) | |
Domestic situation | ||||
Married/de facto | 4443 (67.3) | 3352 (71.5) | 1091 (56.9) | < 0.001 |
Separated/divorced/widowed/never married | 2163 (32.7) | 1336 (28.5) | 827 (43.1) | |
Born in an English speaking country | ||||
Yes | 4876 (73.8) | 3528 (75.3) | 1348 (70.2) | < 0.001 |
No | 1732 (26.2) | 1160 (24.7) | 572 (29.8) | |
Vocationally trained/University educated | ||||
Yes | 4460 (67.5) | 3485 (74.4) | 975 (50.8) | < 0.001 |
No | 2144 (32.5) | 1201 (25.6) | 943 (49.2) | |
SEIFA (by quintile) | ||||
1 (most disadvantaged) | 1635 (24.8) | 1028 (22.0) | 607 (31.6) | < 0.001 |
2 | 1462 (22.1) | 1025 (21.9) | 437 (22.8) | |
3 | 1213 (18.4) | 885 (18.9) | 328 (17.1) | |
4 | 1150 (17.4) | 889 (19.0) | 261 (13.6) | |
5 (most advantaged) | 1141 (17.3) | 855 (18.3) | 286 (14.9) | |
Annual household income | ||||
> AU$60,000 | 2018 (37.7) | 1087 (27.4) | 931 (67.5) | < 0.001 |
≤ AU$60,000 | 3334 (62.3) | 2886 (72.6) | 448 (32.5) | |
Breathlessness—mMRC | ||||
0 | 6118 (92.6) | 4453 (95.0) | 1665 (86.7) | < 0.001 |
1 | 377 (5.7) | 209 (4.5) | 168 (8.8) | |
2–4 | 113 (1.7) | 26 (0.6) | 87 (4.5) | |