Description of the population
| All (n=964) | Male (n=230) | Female (n=728) | P value* | |
| Age | 0.004 | |||
| 18–35 years | 209 (26.49%) | 40 (21.28%) | 165 (27.73%) | |
| 36–55 years | 450 (57.03%) | 103 (54.79%) | 346 (58.15%) | |
| 56 years and over | 130 (16.48%) | 45 (23.94%) | 84 (14.12%) | |
| State | 0.712 | |||
| Victoria | 807 (83.71%) | 190 (82.61%) | 611 (83.93%) | |
| Other | 157 (16.29%) | 40 (17.39%) | 117 (16.07%) | |
| Industry | <0.001 | |||
| Education and Training | 321 (33.30%) | 66 (28.70%) | 254 (34.89%) | |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 49 (5.08%) | 10 (4.35%) | 39 (5.36%) | |
| Healthcare and Social Assistance | 138 (14.32%) | 18 (7.83%) | 119 (16.35%) | |
| Information, Media and Telecommunications | 45 (4.67%) | 16 (6.96%) | 29 (3.98%) | |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 207 (21.47%) | 51 (22.17%) | 154 (21.15%) | |
| Public Administration and Safety | 98 (10.17%) | 28 (12.17%) | 70 (9.62%) | |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 32 (3.32%) | 11 (4.78%) | 20 (2.75%) | |
| Other | 74 (7.68%) | 30 (13.04%) | 43 (5.91%) | |
| Sector | 0.0783 | |||
| Public sector | 524 (54.36%) | 118 (51.30%) | 403 (55.36%) | |
| Private sector | 288 (29.88%) | 80 (34.78%) | 207 (28.43%) | |
| Not for profit sector | 119 (12.34%) | 21 (9.13%) | 96 (13.19%) | |
| Self employed | 33 (3.42%) | 11 (4.78%) | 22 (3.02%) | |
| Role | † | |||
| Manager | 157 (16.29%) | 47 (20.43%) | 109 (14.97%) | |
| Professional | 587 (60.89%) | 154 (66.96%) | 429 (58.93%) | |
| Clerical or administrative workers | 198 (20.54%) | 21 (9.13%) | 176 (24.18%) | |
| Community and personal service worker | 10 (1.04%) | 1 (0.43%) | 9 (1.24%) | |
| Sales worker | 9 (0.93%) | 4 (1.74%) | 5 (0.69%) | |
| Technician, trade, machinery operators and drivers | 3 (0.31%) | 3 (1.30%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| Business size | 0.996 | |||
| Sole trader | 29 (3.01%) | 7 (3.04%) | 22 (3.02%) | |
| Small business | 74 (7.68%) | 18 (7.83%) | 55 (7.55%) | |
| Medium business | 95 (9.85%) | 22 (9.57%) | 73 (10.03%) | |
| Large business | 766 (79.46%) | 183 (79.57%) | 578 (79.40%) | |
| Domestic arrangements | 0.402 | |||
| Single person household | 123 (12.76%) | 24 (10.43%) | 99 (13.60%) | |
| Adults only | 418 (43.36%) | 99 (43.04%) | 315 (43.27%) | |
| Dependents | 423 (43.88%) | 107 (46.52%) | 314 (43.13%) | |
| No of children | 0.579 | |||
| None | 622 (64.52%) | 140 (60.87%) | 476 (65.38%) | |
| 1 | 119 (12.34%) | 29 (12.61%) | 90 (12.36%) | |
| 2 | 181 (18.78%) | 50 (21.74%) | 131 (17.99%) | |
| 3 or more | 42 (4.36%) | 11 (4.78%) | 31 (4.26%) | |
| Child’s life stage‡ | ||||
| Preschool | 94 (27.49%) | 35 (38.89%) | 59 (23.41%) | <0.001 |
| Grades prep-2 | 90 (26.32%) | 20 (22.22%) | 70 (27.78%) | <0.001 |
| Grades 3–6 | 111 (32.46%) | 35 (38.89%) | 76 (30.16%) | <0.001 |
| Grades 7–10 | 104 (30.41%) | 31 (34.44%) | 73 (28.97%) | <0.001 |
| Grades 11–12 | 56 (16.37%) | 14 (15.56%) | 42 (16.67%) | <0.001 |
| Satisfaction with division of household responsibilities | ||||
| Household tasks | 962; 4.03±1.38 | 229; 4.18±1.21 | 727; 3.98±1.43 | 0.119 |
*χ2 or (§)Mann-Whitney test of difference between male and female.
†χ2 not presented due to small expected values.
‡Multiple answer: percentages may not equal 100%.