“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia

Figures & data

Table 1. Australia’s top 20 countries of birth—2021.

Ranking	State
1	England
2	India
3	China
4	New Zealand
5	Philippines
6	Vietnam
7	South Africa
8	Malaysia
9	Italy
10	Sri Lanka
11	Scotland
12	Nepal
13	USA
14	Germany
15	South Korea
16	Hong Kong
17	Greece
18	Iraq
19	Lebanon
20	Pakistan

Source: ABS, Australia’s overseas-born population by country of birth—top 20,2022, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/australias-population-country-birth/latest-release#country-of-birth-state-and-territory

Table 2. Australia’s percentage of overseas-born population—state and territory, 2016.

Ranking	State	Percentage
1	Western Australia	35
2	Victoria	31
3	New South Wales	30
4	The Australian Capital Territory	28
5	South Australia	24
6	Queensland	24
7	The North Territory	23
8	Tasmania	13

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS] (2022a), Country of birth – state and territory, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/australias-population-country-birth/latest-release

Table 3. Participant demographics of the Korean Sample (n = 15).

	60–69 years	70–79 years	80–89 years
Male	3	3	0
Female	8	1	0
Length of stay in Australia
5–9 years	0	0	0
10–19 years	0	0	0
20–29 years	3	1	0
30–39 years	6	2	0
>40 years	2	1	0

Table 4. Participants characteristics of the Chinese sample (n = 15).

	60–69 years	70–79 years	80–89 years
Male	6	1	1
Female	4	3	0
Length of migration
5–9 years	4	2	0
10–19 years	6	1	0
20–29 years	0	1	1
30–39 years	0	0	0
>40 years	0	0	0

Data availability statement

Data are available upon reasonable request by contacting the corresponding author.