Table 3 Percentage (and 95% CI) of Japanese and Australian respondents rating each group in the population as "more likely" to experience the problem described in the vignette

Women

   Japanese

29.4 (25.4–33.4)

24.2 (20.4–28.0)

21.4 (17.8–25.0)

23.0 (19.3–26.7)

   Australian

26.8 (23.9–30.0)

27.2 (24.4–30.2)

21.1 (18.5–23.9)

14.7 (12.6–17.1)

Young

   Japanese

24.2 (20.4–28.0)

24.4 (20.6–28.2)

40.4 (36.1–44.7)

26.2 (22.3–30.1)

   Australian

42.5 (39.1–46.0)

48.2 (45.0–51.4)

55.3 (52.0–58.6)

28.4 (25.6–31.4)

Old

   Japanese

23.4 (19.7–27.1)

21.2 (17.6–24.8)

15.0 (11.9–18.1)

29.2 (25.2–33.2)

   Australian

28.6 (25.8–31.5)

29.1 (26.3–32.1)

22.0 (19.4–24.9)

38.3 (35.0–41.7)

Poor

   Japanese

14.8 (11.7–17.9)

13.2 (10.2–16.2)

7.4 (5.1–9.7)

19.6 (16.1–23.1)

   Australian

52.6 (49.2–56.0)

52.1 (48.6–55.5)

38.9 (35.7–42.3)

37.8 (34.4–41.2)

Unemployed

   Japanese

58.4 (54.1–62.7)

50.8 (46.4–55.2)

41.0 (36.7–45.3)

50.6 (46.2–55.0)

   Australian

76.3 (73.0–79.3)

76.7 (73.6–79.4)

62.7 (59.4–65.9)

54.9 (51.4–58.3)

Divorced/separated

   Japanese

48.6 (44.2–53.0)

43.6 (39.2–48.0)

37.2 (32.9–41.5)

39.6 (35.3–43.9)

   Australian

69.6 (66.2–72.8)

64.3 (60.9–67.6)

53.6 (50.3–57.0)

44.3 (40.9–47.8)

Single

   Japanese

18.2 (14.8–21.6)

22.8 (19.1–26.5)

22.8 (19.1–26.5)

24.6 (20.8–28.4)

   Australian

23.9 (21.0–27.1)

27.1 (24.2–30.1)

22.0 (19.2–25.0)

25.1 (22.2–28.2)