Feel safe walking down their street after dark by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 2002-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 2002-2007
| 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 | 86.6 (76.2-97.0) | 91.8 (83.6-100) | 82.0 (70.9-93.1) | 87.1 (80.6-93.6) | 80.2 (70.7-89.8) | 85.1 (80.9-89.3) |
| 2003 | 93.6 (86.6-100) | 91.9 (86.3-97.5) | 80.2 (71.9-88.6) | 78.6 (70.0-87.1) | 74.1 (64.5-83.8) | 82.7 (78.9-86.5) | |
| 2005 | 99.4 (98.5-100) | 81.5 (71.6-91.3) | 91.3 (84.5-98.0) | 86.3 (75.7-96.8) | 77.1 (65.6-88.6) | 86.4 (82.5-90.4) | |
| 2006 | 96.8 (92.2-100) | 83.5 (72.9-94.1) | 78.7 (66.7-90.7) | 86.2 (76.2-96.2) | 66.4 (51.6-81.1) | 81.9 (76.7-87.1) | |
| 2007 | 91.8 (84.4-99.2) | 72.9 (57.1-88.7) | 77.8 (65.0-90.7) | 73.1 (58.3-87.8) | 61.8 (47.0-76.6) | 75.9 (69.8-82.0) | |
| Females | 2002 | 74.2 (58.4-90.0) | 72.5 (61.2-83.8) | 62.6 (53.0-72.2) | 69.5 (60.9-78.1) | 47.0 (37.0-57.0) | 64.2 (59.4-69.1) |
| 2003 | 81.8 (71.4-92.2) | 72.5 (63.5-81.5) | 69.7 (61.7-77.8) | 65.9 (57.0-74.9) | 53.2 (41.7-64.7) | 67.8 (63.5-72.2) | |
| 2005 | 90.6 (83.3-97.8) | 65.8 (55.3-76.4) | 65.2 (52.3-78.1) | 64.6 (53.1-76.0) | 49.1 (37.1-61.2) | 65.3 (60.3-70.3) | |
| 2006 | 78.8 (67.6-89.9) | 64.7 (51.2-78.2) | 54.9 (40.7-69.0) | 66.0 (53.2-78.7) | 51.4 (38.7-64.2) | 62.6 (56.6-68.6) | |
| 2007 | 77.1 (62.8-91.4) | 51.9 (36.6-67.1) | 61.3 (48.7-73.9) | 53.6 (38.6-68.6) | 53.7 (40.7-66.8) | 59.0 (52.6-65.4) | |
| Persons | 2002 | 81.1 (72.0-90.2) | 81.0 (73.6-88.5) | 72.6 (65.2-80.0) | 79.0 (73.6-84.5) | 63.8 (56.5-71.0) | 74.9 (71.7-78.2) |
| 2003 | 87.8 (81.5-94.0) | 82.3 (76.8-87.7) | 74.6 (68.8-80.4) | 72.1 (65.9-78.3) | 64.4 (56.9-71.9) | 75.3 (72.4-78.2) | |
| 2005 | 95.1 (91.4-98.8) | 73.4 (66.0-80.8) | 78.6 (70.9-86.3) | 75.3 (67.3-83.2) | 62.4 (53.8-71.0) | 75.8 (72.5-79.1) | |
| 2006 | 87.8 (81.6-94.1) | 74.1 (65.4-82.9) | 67.1 (57.5-76.8) | 77.2 (69.1-85.3) | 59.0 (49.2-68.7) | 72.6 (68.6-76.7) | |
| 2007 | 85.4 (77.6-93.1) | 61.3 (50.1-72.5) | 69.3 (60.1-78.5) | 64.5 (53.6-75.5) | 57.5 (47.8-67.3) | 67.6 (63.1-72.0) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 2002 (1,164), 2003 (1,245), 2005 ( 929), 2006 ( 641), 2007 ( 559). The indicator includes those who strongly agree or agree that they feel safe walking down their street after dark. The question used was: Do you strongly agree, disagree or strongly disagree with the statement I feel safe walking down my street after dark? |
| 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 |