| Sample* | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Calibration | Replication | ||
Setting | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Barwon Health Emergency Department | 160 | 25% | 405 | 100% |
 Cabrini Health community hospital | 63 | 10% |  |  |
 Home and Community Care | 411 | 65% |  |  |
Age (mean, SD) | 64.7 | 19.1 | 49.2 | 19.7 |
Female | 409 | 69% | 246 | 61% |
Assisted to complete form | 111 | 19% | 28 | 7% |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Primary school or less | 51 | 8% | 8 | 2% |
 High school (not completed) | 160 | 25% | 98 | 24% |
 High school (completed) | 137 | 22% | 71 | 18% |
 TAFE/Trade | 191 | 30% | 102 | 25% |
 University | 45 | 7% | 122 | 30% |
Private health insurance | 316 | 55% | 230 | 56% |
Receive Government benefit | 391 | 68% | 185 | 45% |
Live alone | 187 | 33% | 68 | 17% |
Long-standing illness or disability (more than one possible) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Musculoskeletal (arthritis, osteoporosis, back pain or other) | 305 | 52% | 212 | 52% |
 Depression, anxiety or other mental health condition | 118 | 20% | 87 | 22% |
 Heart disease | 102 | 18% | 43 | 11% |
 Diabetes | 91 | 16% | 29 | 7% |
 Asthma, emphysema or other respiratory condition | 78 | 13% | 73 | 18% |
 Cancer | 38 | 7% | 25 | 6% |
 Stroke, multiple sclerosis or other neurological condition | 39 | 7% | 16 | 4% |