The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| '000 | thousand |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| Aust. | Australia |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CURF | Confidentialised Unit Record File |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| MPHS | Multi-Purpose Household Survey |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
| n.f.d. | not further defined |
| NILF | not in the labour force |
| OMIE | owner manager of incorporated enterprise |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SE | standard error |
| TAFE | Technical and Further Education |