Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of survey respondents.

	All (n = 2019)		Any CM use (n = 1273)		P value
	n	%	n	%	P value
Gender					<0.001
Female	1,034	51.2	715	56.2
Male	982	48.6	556	43.7
Other	3	0.1	2	0.2
Age (years)					0.49
18–29	512	25.4	319	25.1
30–39	313	15.5	205	16.1
40–49	362	17.9	235	18.5
50–59	306	15.2	197	15.5
60 and over	526	26.1	317	24.9
State					0.86
New South Wales	597	29.6	373	29.3
Victoria	488	24.2	304	23.9
Queensland	464	23.0	305	24
South Australia	188	9.3	118	9.3
Northern Territory	5	0.2	2	0.2
Western Australia	199	9.9	121	9.5
Tasmania	49	2.4	31	2.4
Australian Capital Territory	29	1.4	19	1.5
Employment Status					<0.001
Full time work	639	31.6	420	33
Part time work	370	18.3	251	19.7
Casual/temp work	139	6.9	92	7.2
Looking for work	185	9.2	90	7.1
Not in the paid workforce	686	34.0	420	33
Marital status					0.02
Never married	584	28.9	352	27.7
Married	864	42.8	564	44.3
De facto (opposite sex)	220	10.9	125	9.8
De facto (same sex)	29	1.4	23	1.8
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	322	16.0	209	16.4
Highest qualification					<0.001
Less than Year 12	327	16.2	178	14
Year 12 or equivalent	421	20.9	231	18.1
Trade/apprenticeship/certificate/diploma	682	33.8	444	34.9
University degree	589	29.1	420	33
General Health Status					0.44
Poor	164	8.4	111	8.7
Fair	440	21.8	271	21.3
Good	643	31.8	415	32.6
Very good	598	29.6	373	29.3
Excellent	174	8.6	103	8.1
Chronic disease diagnosis	1314	65.1	897	70.5	<0.001
Financial management					0.61
It is impossible/It is difficult all of the time	430	21.3	260	20.4
It is difficult some of the time	766	37.9	486	38.2
It is not too bad	700	34.7	446	35
It is easy	123	6.1	81	6.4
Contribution to costs of health care
Health care card	839	41.6	542	42.6	0.22
Private health insurance (PHI)	1028	50.9	576	45.2	<0.001

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