4714.0 - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2002  
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APPENDIX: COMPARISON OF DATA FROM 2002 NATSISS AND OTHER SOURCES


Comparison of data from 2002 NATSISS and other sources, Indigenous persons aged 15 years or over in private dwellings

Other source
2002 NATSISS
Other source/Data item
%
%

2001 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING(a)
Main language spoken at home
English
83.1
85.9
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander language
14.4
12.1
Other
2.5
2.0
Attending post-school educational institution
University or other tertiary institution
2.8
3.2
Other institution(b)
6.0
7.4
Highest year of school completed(c)
Year 12
10.9
9.9
Year 10 or Year 11
31.1
28.8
Year 9 or below
33.5
35.2
Level of highest non-school qualification
Bachelor degree or above
3.3
3.3
Certificate or Diploma(d)
13.6
21.6
Does not have a non-school qualification
83.1
73.9
Labour force status
Employed
42.7
46.2
Unemployed
10.7
13.8
Not in the labour force
46.6
40.0
Income quantiles
Second and third deciles
32.4
37.3
Lowest quintile
40.3
42.5
Second quintile
26.9
28.3
Third quintile
14.8
14.0
Fourth quintile
10.8
9.2
Highest quintile
7.2
5.9
Housing
Household tenure type
Owner without a mortgage
11.6
9.7
Owner with a mortgage
16.7
16.8
Renter total
68.1
69.7
Renter from Community or Cooperative housing organisation
21.9
24.3
Dwelling requires additional bedroom(s)(e)
28.7
25.7
Use of information technology(f)
Used computer at home
19.0
31.7
Used Internet
19.3
41.0
NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY (INDIGENOUS) 2001(g)
Self-assessed health status
Excellent
14
17.7
Very good
26
26.4
Good
33
32.4
Fair/poor
27
23.3
Smoker status
Current daily smoker
53
50.9
ATSIS ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
CDEP participants
Total(h)
12.2
12.1

(a) 'Not stated' responses have been excluded.
(b) Includes TAFE, technical college, business college and industry skills centre.
(c) Persons without a non-school qualification who were not still at school.
(d) See paragraph 77 in Explanatory Notes.
(e) Based on the Canadian Occupancy Standard for housing appropriateness. See paragraphs 49-50 in Explanatory Notes.
(f) Census data refers to computer/Internet use only in the week prior to the Census whereas the reference period for the 2002 NATSISS was the 12 months prior to the survey.
(g) 2001 NHS(I) data available for dissemination to zero decimal places only.
(h) ATSIS records indicate that there were 34,400 CDEP participants at 31 December 2002.