Socioeconomic factors matter greatly in terms of
comparing school outputs and a variety of
indicators could easily be incorporated into the peer group formulations.
However, the report also highlights that the data may not be an adequate reflection of relative income given the difference in composition and circumstances of many Indigenous households
compared to non-Indigenous households.54 The report sets out a number of differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous households, some closely related to other
socioeconomic indicators, which influences the quality of the GWEH data: