ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ADSL | asymmetric digital subscriber line |
| ANZSCO | Australia and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CD | collection district |
| CPCLA | Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| DSL | digital subscriber line |
| GIS | geographic information system |
| GISCA | National Centre for Social Applications of GIS, University of Adelaide |
| HUIT | Household Use of Information Technology |
| ICT | information and communication technology |
| IT | information technology |
| kbps | kilobits per second |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| MPHS | Multipurpose Household Survey |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PSTN | public switched telephone network |
| RA | Remoteness Area |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
| SDSL | symmetric digital subscriber line |
| SE | standard error |