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Families with children aged 0-15 years who had healthy family functioning, NSW, 2005-2006 (per cent of respondents)

		%
Overall	Overall	94.8
Sex	Female	94.4
	Male	95.1
Age	0-8 years	95.7
	9-15 years	93.9
Remoteness	Urban	94.8
	Rural	94.9
English speaking background	Non-English speaking background	91.2
	English speaking background	95.6
Mother's educational background	Less than tertiary	94.3
	Tertiary	96.0
Socioeconomic status	1st quintile (high)	93.9
	2nd quintile	96.5
	3rd quintile	95.7
	4th quintile	94.1
	5th quintile (low)	94.7

Note: The indicator includes families that scored 2.17 or below on the McMasters 12-item general functioning scale and are thus assessed as having healthy family functioning.  Socioeconomic status based on Socioeconomic Index For Areas classification.
Source: Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health, 2005-2006 Report on Child Health from the New South Wales Population Health Survey, http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/PublicHealth/surveys/hsc/0506/index.asp

Comment

Levels of family functioning do not differ greatly by demographic characteristics.
 
Families with a marginally healthier level of family functioning than the overall population include families:

• with mothers who have tertiary level education
• families from English-speaking backgrounds
• with children in the 0-8 year age group.