Research Article
Developing a Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Australian Health System: A Means to Explore Impacts of Obesity over the Next 50 Years
Table 4
APPSIM assumptions for input variables.
| | Input variable | | 2011 | 2051 |
| | Marital status | Registered marriage | 47.5 | 42.5 | | De facto | 7.7 | | | Single | | 9.8 | | 44.8 | | | | 47.7 |
| | Labour force status | Employed FT | 40.2 | 37.9 | | Employed PT | 20.5 | 19.4 | | Unemployed | 3.9 | 3.7 | | NILF | 35.3 | 38.9 |
| | Household income (mean) | | $84,700 | $771,600 |
| | Number of children in household (mean) | | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| | Number of adults in household (mean) | | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| | Base scenario education levels | Bachelor degree of higher | 21.5 | 41.1 | | Diploma | 7.6 | 8.1 | | Certificate | 18.0 | 16.7 | | Year 12 | 14.9 | 15.3 | | Less than year 12 | 38.0 | 18.8 |
| | Age (mean) | | 37.5 | 42.5 |
| | Proportion aged 65 years and over | | 13.6 | 22.6 |
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