ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ALL | International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey |
| ALLS | Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CTB | core task booklet |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service |
| HALS | Health Activities Literacy Scale |
| IALS | International Adult Literacy Survey |
| MTB | main task booklet |
| NAAL | National Assessment of Adult Literacy |
| NAL | National Adult Literacy Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA | South Australia |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SAL | Survey of Aspects of Literacy |
| SE | standard error |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |