Education and Labour Force Trends 1986. A TAFE Data Base.

Overview & Synopsis

This publication is intended to take raw data on the labor market and educational and demographic trends in Australia and convert them to useful information for those who work in the areas of education and employment. It contains over 130 tables of data on education and labor market trends throughout Australia; a case study of participation in nonformal adult education by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and an essay by R. Sweet entitled "Understanding Your Local Labour Market," which examines the availability of labor statistics vis a vis sources and degrees of detail. Most of the data presented are time series data from August 1978 to August 1985 that were originally obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey; most of the tables are broken down by state and have separate table sets for males and females, and additional table sets are indexed to 1978. The tables have been grouped according to the following topics: total persons in full- and part-time employment, age and the job market with respect to employment-to-population ratios and unemployment rates, employment in selected occupations and industries, school participation ratios, and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) enrollments by stream of study. (MN)