| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| Aust. | Australia |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CSA | Child Support Agency |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| FCS | Family Characteristics Survey |
| FCTS | Family Characteristics and Transitions Survey |
| MPHS | Multipurpose Household Survey |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
| no. | number |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA | South Australia |
| SE | standard error |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |