| 1 Ability and effort |
| 2 Luck and chance |
| 3 Relationships through kindred, countrymen/countrywomen, and alumni/alumnae(personal connections) |
| 8 Other (Specify):______________________________________ |
| 9 DK |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | total% | n | ||
| total | 69.6% | 11.9% | 15.1% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 100.0% | 700 | |
| gender | Male | 68.2% | 13.4% | 15.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 100.0% | 337 |
| Female | 70.8% | 10.5% | 14.6% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 100.0% | 363 | |
| age | 18-19yrs | 65.5% | 6.9% | 24.1% | - | 3.4% | 100.0% | 29 |
| 20-24yrs | 72.7% | 15.2% | 10.6% | - | 1.5% | 100.0% | 66 | |
| 25-29yrs | 57.4% | 13.1% | 24.6% | - | 4.9% | 100.0% | 61 | |
| 30-34yrs | 62.7% | 11.9% | 18.6% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 100.0% | 59 | |
| 35-39yrs | 73.3% | 9.3% | 13.3% | 4.0% | - | 100.0% | 75 | |
| 40-44yrs | 67.9% | 14.8% | 12.3% | 3.7% | 1.2% | 100.0% | 81 | |
| 45-49yrs | 60.3% | 14.7% | 22.1% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 100.0% | 68 | |
| 50-54yrs | 83.3% | 9.3% | 7.4% | - | - | 100.0% | 54 | |
| 55-59yrs | 72.6% | 6.5% | 19.4% | 1.6% | - | 100.0% | 62 | |
| 60-64yrs | 67.1% | 13.7% | 13.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 100.0% | 73 | |
| 65-70yrs | 80.6% | 11.1% | 6.9% | 1.4% | - | 100.0% | 72 | |
| suburb | NSW | 72.3% | 11.0% | 14.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 100.0% | 300 |
| QLD | 72.9% | 7.6% | 13.5% | 3.5% | 2.4% | 100.0% | 170 | |
| VIC | 63.5% | 16.1% | 17.4% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 100.0% | 230 |