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Table 1 Netball NSW membership sociodemographic characteristics with odds ratios

From: Linking sports registration information and player feedback to enhance netball participation

Demographic characteristic

2018 Playing members (n=109,478)

2019 Playing members (n=109,726)

Odds of retaining 2018 members in 2019 (n=109,478)

n

%

n

%

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P value

Sex

Female

107226

97.9

106956

97.5

Ref

Ā 

Male

2197

2.0

2732

2.5

0.2 (0.2, 0.2)

<0.0001

Age category

5-6 years

2968

2.7

2703

2.5

Ref

Ā 

7-9 years

17337

15.8

16917

15.4

2.3 (2.1, 2.5)

<0.0001

10-12 years

24969

22.8

24669

22.5

2.3 (2.2, 2.5)

<0.0001

13-14 years

14922

13.6

15611

14.2

1.9 (1.8, 2.1)

<0.0001

15-17 years

15915

14.5

15860

14.5

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

0.056

18-24 years

12510

11.4

12634

11.5

0.7 (0.6, 0.7)

<0.0001

25-34 years

10033

9.2

10146

9.2

0.7 (0.7, 0.8)

<0.0001

35-44 years

7248

6.6

7397

6.7

0.9 (0.8, 0.9)

0.001

45-54 years

3127

2.9

3283

3.0

0.9 (0.8, 1.0)

0.005

55-64 years

426

0.4

475

0.4

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

0.528

65+ years

5

0.0

8

0.0

0.8 (0.4, 1.9)

0.638

Socio economic status (SES)

Forth quartile (High SES)

41534

37.9

41765

38.1

Ref

Ā 

Third quartile

26428

24.1

26516

24.2

0.9 (0.9, 0.9)

<0.0001

Second quartile

26618

24.3

26815

24.4

0.7 (0.7, 0.7)

<0.0001

First quartile (Low SES)

13996

12.8

13561

12.4

0.6 (0.5, 0.6)

<0.0001

Missing

902

0.8

1069

1.0

-

Ā 

Location

Major Cities

73293

66.9

73399

66.9

Ref

Ā 

Inner Regional

26417

24.1

26535

24.2

0.7 (0.7, 0.7)

<0.0001

Outer Regional/ Remote

8458

7.7

8255

7.5

0.5 (0.5, 0.6)

<0.0001

Missing

1310

1.2

1537

1.4

-

Ā 

Identifies as Aboriginal/ Torres Strait Islander

No

95900

87.6

98263

89.6

Ref

Ā 

Yes

5922

5.4

6577

6.0

0.7 (0.6, 0.7)

<0.0001

Undisclosed

6780

6.2

3969

3.6

Ā Ā 

Disability status

No

99790

91.2

103619

94.4

Ref

Ā 

Yes

720

0.7

770

0.7

0.9 (0.7, 1.0)

0.053

Undisclosed

8047

7.4

4373

4.0

-

Ā 

Language spoken at home

English only

91545

83.6

95253

86.8

Ref

Ā 

Language other than English

6732

6.1

7533

6.9

0.9 (0.8, 0.9)

<0.0001

Undisclosed

10172

9.3

5873

5.4

-

Ā 

Country of birth

Australia

98942

90.4

100610

91.7

Ref

Ā 

Outside Australia

10536

9.6

9116

8.3

0.6 (0.6, 0.6)

<0.0001

  1. There were significant differences (P<0.05) between 2018 and 2019 members for all demographic characteristics, except socio-economic status (P=0.053). Undisclosed was treated as missing in the analysis
  2. Ref Reference category, CI Confidence Interval