ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ARA | any responsible adult |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| CD | collection district |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| CHINS | Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| DEECD | Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| K10 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale |
| K5 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale - modified five-item version |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSIS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NCATSIS | National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHS | National Health Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| PAPI | pen-and-paper interview |
| PES | Census Post Enumeration Survey |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA | South Australia |
| SE | standard error |
| SEW | Survey of Education and Work |
| SF-36 | Medical Outcome Short Form Health Survey |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| TAFE | Technical and Further Education |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |