Characteristics of the sample according to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training status
| Overall n=1076 | ||||
| CPR trained n=540 (55.7%) | Not CPR trained n=429 (44.3%) | P value | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 544 (50.6%) | 292 (54.1%) | 210 (48.9%) | 0.11 |
| Male | 532 (49.4%) | 248 (45.9%) | 219 (51.1%) | |
| Age | ||||
| 18–34 | 334 (31.0%) | 154 (28.5%) | 135 (31.4%) | 0.07 |
| 35–54 | 430 (40.0%) | 231 (42.8%) | 149 (34.7%) | |
| 55-74 | 283 (26.3%) | 142 (26.3%) | 130 (30.3%) | |
| 75+ | 29 (2.7%) | 13 (2.4%) | 15 (3.5%) | |
| Country of birth | ||||
| Australia | 817 (75.9%) | 431 (79.8%) | 311 (72.5%) | 0.03 |
| Overseas | 253 (23.5%) | 108 (20.0%) | 116 (27.0%) | |
| Prefer not to answer | 6 (0.6%) | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
| State | ||||
| Australian Capital Territory | 8 (0.7%) | 4 (0.7%) | 4 (0.9%) | 0.83 |
| New South Wales | 339 (31.5%) | 174 (32.2%) | 127 (29.6%) | |
| Northern Territory | 4 (0.4%) | 2 (0.4%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
| Queensland | 218 (20.3%) | 111 (20.6%) | 92 (21.4%) | |
| South Australia | 85 (7.9%) | 43 (8.0%) | 33 (7.7%) | |
| Tasmania | 24 (2.2%) | 16 (3.0%) | 6 (1.4%) | |
| Victoria | 284 (26.4%) | 132 (24.4%) | 115 (26.8%) | |
| Western Australia | 114 (10.6%) | 58 (10.7%) | 44 (10.3%) | |
| Education | ||||
| Primary or grade school | 3 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (0.5%) | <0.001 |
| Some high school | 97 (9%) | 41 (7.8%) | 44 (10.3%) | |
| High school graduate | 193 (17.9%) | 75 (13.9%) | 104 (24.2%) | |
| Technical college | 302 (28.1%) | 179 (33.2%) | 102 (23.8%) | |
| University diploma | 332 (30.9%) | 161 (29.8%) | 133 (31.0%) | |
| Postgraduate | 141 (13.1%) | 78 (14.4%) | 43 (10.0%) | |
| Prefer not to answer | 8 (0.8%) | 5 (0.9%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
| Previously performed emergency CPR | 95 (8.8%) | 84 (15.5%) | 11 (2.6%) | <0.0001 |
CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.