6220.0 - Persons Not in the Labour Force, Australia, Sep 2003
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/03/2004
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MEDIA RELEASE
3.9 Million people not in the labour force These people made up 28% of Australia's civilian population aged 15-69 years, a proportion which has remained steady over the last few years. Of people not in the labour force, almost a third (31%) wanted to work and almost two-thirds (64%) were women. There were 834,600 people with marginal attachment to the labour force (see media note). Most of these (775,500 or 93%) were not actively looking for work, but were available to start work within four weeks. The remainder were actively looking but were not available to start work at the time of the survey. Other characteristics of people with marginal attachment to the labour force include:
Over three-quarters (78%) of the 3.9 million people not in the labour force were without marginal attachment to the labour force. Of these, just under 10% or 378,400 people wanted to work, but were neither actively looking nor available to start within four weeks. Further information is in Persons not in the Labour Force, Australia, September 2003 (cat. no. 6220.0). Media Note: People are defined as marginally attached to the labour force if they want to work, and are either not actively looking for work but are available to start work within four weeks, or are actively looking for work but are not available to start in the survey reference week. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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