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:
Not exact matches
In fact, they are
indicators of students»
socioeconomic status, access to resources and
other outside - of - school factors.
A similar relationship was noted in the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey where an independent association between the number of dietary
indicators met and a child's odds of experiencing emotional or behavioural problems was demonstrated.5
Other research with Australian adolescents has also demonstrated an association between dietary quality and mental health, even after controlling for
socioeconomic status and a range of individual and family - level characteristics.41, 42 It appears that a more detailed exploration of the link between diet and mental health among Aboriginal children is warranted.
Amongst
other things, it will look at some of the interplay between
socioeconomic disadvantage and rural location for
indicators like smoking rates and obesity, Ms Middleton said.
To their credit, Tschann and colleagues controlled for some important factors related to
socioeconomic status (SES) and child characteristics (child's gender, hours worked weekly by mother, and two vs. single - parent households) but did not include
other important
indicators of SES such as parental age or education.