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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics, according to sex, for Indigenous respondents

From: Mastery, perceived stress and health-related behaviour in northeast Arnhem Land: a cross-sectional study

 

Men

Women

All (pooled)

 

n = 80

n = 97

n = 177

 

mean

(95% CI)*

mean

(95% CI)*

mean

(95% CI)*

Age (years)

33.7

(30.4 – 36.9)

37.1

(34.7 – 39.5)

35.6

(33.6 – 37.5)

Education, completed Year 10 (%)

25.0

(16.4 – 35.3)

58.8

(48.8 – 68.2)

43.5

(36.3 – 50.9)

Access to a car on regular basis (%)

31.3

(21.8 – 42.0)

29.9

(21.4 – 39.6)

30.5

(24.1 – 37.6)

Telephone available in home (%)

26.3

(17.5 – 36.7)

44.3

(34.7 – 54.3)

36.2

(29.3 – 43.4)

Working refrigerator in home (%)

68.8

(58.0 – 78.2)

72.2

(62.6 – 80.4)

70.6

(63.6 – 77.0)

Daily cigarette smoking (%)

58.8

(47.7 – 69.1)

41.2

(31.8 – 51.2)

49.2

(41.8 – 56.5)

Diabetes mellitus (%)†

8.8

(3.9 – 16.5)

13.4

(7.7 – 21.3)

11.3

(7.2 – 16.6)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.2

(21.2 – 23.2)

23.0

(21.9 – 24.1)

22.6

(21.9 – 23.4)

Waist-to-hip girth ratio

0.94

(0.91 – 0.96)

0.92

(0.91 – 0.94)

0.93

(0.92 – 0.94)

  1. *95% confidence interval, exact mid-p confidence interval given for proportions; †Determined by fasting glucose screening