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Most people can be trusted by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 2002-2007

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Sex Year 1st Quintile
% (95% CI)
2nd Quintile
% (95% CI)
3rd Quintile
% (95% CI)
4th Quintile
% (95% CI)
5th Quintile
% (95% CI)
NSW
% (95% CI)
Males 2002 76.0 (64.2-87.7) 53.6 (39.2-67.9) 74.2 (63.8-84.6) 61.2 (51.0-71.4) 56.9 (45.7-68.1) 64.4 (59.1-69.6)
2003 83.5 (73.1-93.9) 71.4 (61.3-81.6) 70.4 (60.1-80.6) 66.6 (57.5-75.8) 52.3 (41.3-63.3) 67.5 (62.8-72.2)
2005 77.5 (66.4-88.6) 67.5 (55.9-79.0) 58.8 (46.5-71.2) 52.6 (38.5-66.7) 58.6 (45.5-71.7) 63.9 (58.4-69.4)
2006 85.3 (73.7-96.8) 68.5 (54.2-82.7) 74.9 (62.5-87.3) 68.6 (54.5-82.8) 56.1 (40.5-71.8) 70.3 (64.0-76.6)
2007 72.5 (56.8-88.2) 71.2 (55.4-87.0) 62.8 (47.7-77.9) 55.5 (37.7-73.3) 48.0 (33.1-62.9) 62.0 (54.8-69.2)
Females 2002 54.9 (35.8-74.0) 71.1 (59.8-82.4) 56.4 (46.6-66.2) 54.4 (45.1-63.7) 40.7 (30.9-50.5) 54.9 (49.8-60.1)
2003 59.2 (44.9-73.4) 65.3 (55.1-75.5) 65.0 (56.3-73.6) 64.3 (55.4-73.2) 45.4 (33.9-56.8) 60.3 (55.5-65.0)
2005 82.2 (72.9-91.4) 75.5 (66.7-84.4) 76.0 (65.7-86.3) 64.5 (53.0-75.9) 44.2 (32.4-56.1) 66.9 (62.0-71.9)
2006 74.5 (61.6-87.4) 81.1 (70.4-91.8) 65.2 (52.2-78.2) 66.9 (54.0-79.8) 55.5 (42.7-68.4) 68.3 (62.5-74.1)
2007 86.7 (74.8-98.7) 60.6 (46.1-75.1) 68.4 (56.6-80.1) 49.7 (34.4-65.1) 50.9 (37.5-64.2) 63.0 (56.8-69.3)
Persons 2002 66.5 (55.5-77.5) 63.2 (53.9-72.6) 65.5 (58.1-73.0) 58.1 (51.1-65.1) 48.7 (41.2-56.2) 59.7 (56.1-63.4)
2003 71.2 (62.2-80.3) 68.4 (61.2-75.6) 67.5 (60.8-74.1) 65.5 (59.1-71.8) 49.1 (41.1-57.1) 63.6 (60.2-66.9)
2005 79.8 (72.5-87.1) 71.6 (64.4-78.9) 67.2 (58.7-75.6) 58.7 (49.6-67.9) 51.2 (42.2-60.1) 65.4 (61.7-69.1)
2006 79.9 (71.1-88.6) 75.1 (66.1-84.1) 70.1 (61.1-79.1) 67.9 (58.1-77.6) 55.8 (45.7-65.9) 69.3 (65.0-73.6)
2007 78.7 (68.3-89.2) 65.3 (54.6-76.0) 65.6 (56.1-75.2) 53.0 (41.0-65.0) 49.5 (39.6-59.5) 62.5 (57.7-67.3)


Note: Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 2002 (1,157), 2003 (1,228), 2005 ( 922), 2006 ( 632), 2007 ( 554). The indicator includes those who strongly agree or agree that most people can be trusted. The question used was: Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree with the statement Most people can be trusted?
Source: New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
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Produced by: Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 1 June 2008

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