Socioeconomic characteristics of income non-reporters: per cent (age adjusted) who did not report their income, by gender
| SES indicator | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | 95% CI | Number | % | 95% CI | ||
| Labour force status | |||||||
| Unemployed | 972 | 4.1 | 1.0, 7.2 | 621 | 3.7 | 0.0, 7.6 | |
| Not in labour force | 2 162 | 9.0 | 6.9, 11.1 | 5 119 | 7.0 | 5.7, 8.3 | |
| Employed | 13 505 | 10.9 | 10.0, 11.7 | 11 051 | 10.8 | 9.8, 11.7 | |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Blue collar | 6 485 | 10.6 | 9.4, 11.8 | 1 985 | 7.3 | 5.2, 9.4 | |
| White collar | 2 174 | 8.8 | 6.7, 10.9 | 5 839 | 10.7 | 9.5, 11.9 | |
| Professionals | 4 835 | 12.3 | 10.9, 13.7 | 3 240 | 12.0 | 10.3, 13.7 | |
| Highest education qualification | |||||||
| No higher qualifications | 3 917 | 10.0 | 8.5, 11.5 | 4 782 | 8.8 | 7.4, 10.2 | |
| Vocational | 2 331 | 10.9 | 8.9, 12.9 | 1 487 | 11.0 | 8.5, 13.5 | |
| Diploma | 732 | 10.2 | 6.6, 13.8 | 789 | 10.9 | 7.5, 14.3 | |
| Bachelor degree or higher | 1 188 | 11.3 | 8.5, 14.1 | 1 189 | 12.0 | 9.2, 14.8 | |
| Main income source | |||||||
| Government pension or benefit2-150 | 1 706 | 6.5 | 5.6, 7.3 | 3 411 | 4.6 | 3.7, 5.4 | |
| Wages or salary | 10 899 | 7.4 | 6.5, 8.3 | 9 243 | 8.4 | 7.4, 9.4 | |
| Interest/dividends | 309 | 14.2 | 8.7, 19.7 | 500 | 13.0 | 8.7, 17.3 | |
| Own business or partnership | 2 000 | 23.0 | 20.9, 25.1 | 1 053 | 26.2 | 23.2, 29.2 | |
↵2-150 Includes pensions and allowances for the sick and disabled, pensions for lone parents and widowed persons, family payments, special benefits plus other pensions, benefits and allowances. The unemployed were excluded from this group as they were previously identified under the Labour force status variable.