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Run into friends and acquaintances when shopping in local area 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 85.7 (76.6-94.8) 83.4 (74.2-92.7) 80.7 (69.2-92.2) 88.1 (81.3-95.0) 90.6 (84.9-96.4) 86.0 (82.0-89.9)
2003 81.4 (71.1-91.7) 87.3 (80.6-94.1) 82.4 (74.2-90.6) 92.2 (87.9-96.6) 79.7 (70.0-89.4) 84.9 (81.3-88.5)
2005 81.0 (70.7-91.3) 84.9 (76.2-93.5) 80.9 (71.0-90.8) 90.1 (81.6-98.6) 80.2 (69.8-90.6) 82.6 (78.3-86.9)
2006 77.5 (63.7-91.3) 75.4 (61.8-89.0) 82.4 (71.3-93.5) 81.3 (70.3-92.3) 86.0 (76.2-95.8) 81.1 (75.9-86.4)
2007 73.4 (57.3-89.6) 91.7 (82.4-100) 77.4 (64.4-90.3) 94.2 (87.3-100) 85.2 (74.7-95.8) 83.8 (78.3-89.4)
Females 2002 88.3 (75.9-100) 87.1 (80.0-94.2) 88.6 (83.6-93.7) 90.4 (84.7-96.1) 83.6 (76.4-90.8) 87.6 (84.4-90.8)
2003 78.2 (67.4-89.1) 84.3 (76.9-91.7) 83.8 (77.0-90.6) 87.4 (80.9-94.0) 83.9 (74.5-93.3) 84.0 (80.4-87.6)
2005 88.8 (81.5-96.1) 89.2 (82.2-96.1) 89.5 (82.0-97.0) 88.4 (80.4-96.4) 86.5 (78.6-94.5) 88.8 (85.5-92.0)
2006 80.7 (69.5-91.9) 78.8 (66.3-91.2) 83.0 (73.5-92.5) 74.0 (60.1-87.8) 79.7 (69.6-89.9) 79.3 (74.2-84.4)
2007 87.9 (75.5-100) 85.4 (72.1-98.6) 88.5 (79.1-98.0) 93.4 (85.5-100) 81.9 (71.3-92.6) 87.0 (82.1-92.0)
Persons 2002 86.9 (79.4-94.4) 85.5 (79.8-91.2) 84.6 (78.0-91.1) 89.2 (84.7-93.7) 87.1 (82.5-91.7) 86.7 (84.2-89.3)
2003 79.8 (72.3-87.3) 85.8 (80.9-90.8) 83.2 (77.9-88.4) 89.8 (85.8-93.8) 81.7 (74.9-88.5) 84.2 (81.7-86.8)
2005 84.8 (78.4-91.3) 87.1 (81.6-92.6) 85.1 (78.7-91.4) 89.2 (83.4-95.0) 83.5 (77.0-90.0) 85.7 (83.0-88.4)
2006 79.1 (70.2-88.0) 77.1 (67.9-86.3) 82.7 (75.3-90.1) 78.1 (69.2-86.9) 82.9 (75.8-90.0) 80.3 (76.6-83.9)
2007 79.8 (69.0-90.6) 88.2 (79.7-96.8) 83.1 (75.1-91.1) 93.8 (88.6-99.0) 83.5 (75.9-91.0) 85.4 (81.7-89.1)


Note: Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 2002 (1,174), 2003 (1,250), 2005 ( 935), 2006 ( 644), 2007 ( 562). The indicator includes those who run into friends and acquaintances when shopping in their local area at least some of the time. The question used was: When you go shopping in your local area how often are you likely to run into friends and acquaintances?
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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