Table 1

Demographic, socioeconomic and mental health characteristics of people with and without disabilities, Australia, 2011–2014.

	Disability		No disability
	n=311		n=6150
	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
<30	43	13.8	1901	30.9
30–44	66	21.2	1957	31.8
45–69	101	32.5	1568	25.5
60+	101	32.5	724	11.8
Sex
Men	160	51.4	2928	47.6
Women	151	48.6	3222	52.4
Country of birth
Australia	241	77.5	4862	79.1
Other	70	22.5	1288	20.9
Education
Bachelor or higher	56	18.0	1820	29.6
Secondary, certificate, diploma	149	47.9	2902	47.2
Did not complete secondary	106	34.1	1428	23.2
Employment
Employed	193	62.1	4810	78.2
Unemployed	9	2.9	176	2.9
Not in the labour force	109	35.0	1164	18.9
Income
Q5 (highest)	56	18.0	1662	27.0
Q4	62	19.9	1495	24.3
Q3	68	21.9	1252	20.4
Q2	62	19.9	1170	19.0
Q1 (lowest)	63	20.3	571	9.3
Wealth
High	114	36.7	2497	40.6
Medium	106	34.1	2052	33.4
Low	91	29.3	1601	26.0
Financial hardship
Prosperous/very comfortable	39	12.5	1278	20.8
Reasonably comfortable	170	54.7	3386	55.1
Just getting by/very poor	102	32.8	1486	24.2
Housing tenure
Outright owner	120	38.6	1773	28.8
Mortgager	107	34.4	2683	43.6
Private renter	67	21.5	1483	24.1
Public renter	7	2.3	80	1.3
Other	10	3.2	131	2.1
Housing affordability
Affordable	289	92.9	5731	93.2
Unaffordable	22	7.1	419	6.8
Relationship
Yes	229	73.6	4204	68.4
No	82	26.4	1946	31.6
Children
No	82	26.4	2396	39.0
Yes	229	73.6	3754	61.0
Alcohol consumption
Never	53	17.0	920	15.0
Rarely	115	37.0	2171	35.3
1–2 times/week	52	16.7	1340	21.8
≥3 times/week	91	29.3	1719	28.0
Smoking
Never smoked	146	46.9	3676	59.8
Ex-smoker	102	32.8	1483	24.1
Current	63	20.3	991	16.1
Physical activity
≥4 times/week	110	35.4	2294	37.3
1–3 times/week	122	39.2	2612	42.5
<1 time/week	79	25.4	1244	20.2
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)
Mental health	311	70.9 (19.2)	6150	77.6 (14.9)
Mental health at baseline	311	73.8 (18.4)	6150	77.9 (14.3)
BMI	311	27.4 (5.3)	6150	25.8 (5.0)
Social support	311	5.3 (1.1)	6150	5.6 (1.0)

BMI, body mass index.