4125.0 - Gender Indicators, Australia, August 2014  
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PARTICIPATION

This section on Participation includes the Key and Related series for the following Indicators:

Participation and retention
Participation in a non-school qualification
Work related learning



PARTICIPATION AND RETENTION


Key series

EDUCATION PARTICIPATION RATE (a)(b), 15-24 years
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Males
55.9
56.2
56.1
56.5
59.7
57.8
58.1
58.4
59.7
58.7
Females
57.8
58.1
57.5
57.9
58.1
58.3
59.6
60.3
61.9
60.9
(a) Includes persons enrolled in formal or non-formal learning. For more information see Glossary (Education).
(b) Males and females participating in education as proportion of persons aged 15-24 years for each sex.

Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Education and Work.


Related series

APPARENT RETENTION RATE FOR FULL-TIME SCHOOL STUDENTS (a)(b), Year 10 to Year 12 and Year 7/ 8 to Year 12
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Year 10 to Year 12
Males
72.4
71.5
71.0
70.6
70.4
72.1
74.1
75.5
75.5
77.4
Females
82.3
81.6
81.4
80.8
81.0
81.5
82.9
83.7
83.3
84.1
Year 7/ 8 to Year 12 (c)
Males
70.4
69.9
69.0
68.8
68.9
70.8
73.2
74.6
75.8
77.8
Females
81.4
81.0
80.7
80.1
80.5
81.4
83.0
84.3
84.3
85.6
(a) For definition of Apparent Retention Rate, see Glossary (Education).
(b) Relatively small changes in student numbers can create apparently large movements in apparent retention rates, particularly those apparent retention rates calculated for small populations.
(c) Year 7 is the first year of secondary school in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory and Year 8 is first year of secondary school in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

Source: ABS Schools, Australia, 2013 (cat. no. 4221.0)



PARTICIPATION IN A NON-SCHOOL QUALIFICATION


Key series

ENROLMENT IN BACHELOR DEGREE OR ABOVE (a)(b), 18-24 years
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Males
23.1
22.0
21.3
23.2
23.7
24.0
23.3
23.9
26.8
25.5
Females
29.0
29.6
28.1
28.2
29.0
30.5
30.7
31.4
32.5
32.4
(a) For more information see Bachelor Degree or above in Glossary (Education).
(b) Males and females enrolled in Bachelor Degree and above, as a proportion of persons aged 18-24 years for each sex.

Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Education and Work.


Related series

ENROLMENT IN ADVANCED DIPLOMA, DIPLOMA, CERTIFICATE III/ IV (a), 18-24 years
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Males
13.3
14.4
14.9
14.7
16.9
14.7
15.9
15.7
14.7
14.9
Females
9.0
9.9
8.6
9.6
10.3
9.7
10.5
11.1
11.5
11.4
(a) Males and females enrolled in Advanced Diploma, Diploma, Certificate III/ IV as a proportion of persons aged 18-24 years.

Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Education and Work.


ENROLMENT IN APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS (a)(b), 15-24 years
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
%
%
%
%
%
%
Males
16.1
13.6
14.1
13.7
13.6
13.6
Females
4.0
3.7
2.9
3.3
3.8
2.4
(a) Excludes Australian school-based apprenticeships.
(b) Males and females enrolled in apprenticeships and traineeships, as a proportion of employed persons aged 15-24 years for each sex.

Source: ABS data available on request, Survey of Education and Work.


ENROLMENT IN A NON-SCHOOL QUALIFICATION (a), 15-64 years
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Males
11.4
11.5
10.9
11.2
12.2
12.0
12.6
12.5
12.6
12.2
Females
13.1
12.9
12.5
12.9
12.7
13.7
14.5
14.9
14.9
14.7
(a) Males and females enrolled in a non-school qualification as a proportion of persons aged 15-64 years for each sex.
(b) Includes 'Certificate not further defined' and 'Level not determined'.

Source: ABS Education and Work, Australia, May 2013 (cat. no. 6227.0)

WORK-RELATED LEARNING


Key series

PARTICIPATION IN WORK-RELATED LEARNING IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS (a)(b)(c), 20-64 years
2013
%
Males
40.7
Females
41.4
(a) Includes participation in both formal and non-formal work-related learning.
(b) Males and females participating in work-related learning as a proportion of persons aged 20-64 years for each sex.
(c) Prior to the February 2014 release of Gender Indicators, Australia, data for this table was sourced from the ABS Survey of Education and Training. Because this survey has since been discontinued, this table now sources data from the ABS Survey of Work-Related Training and Adult Learning. For methodological reasons, data from these two surveys are not comparable. For further information see Explanatory Notes 3, 24 and 25 in ABS Work-Related Training and Adult Learning, Australia, Apr 2013 (cat. no. 4234.0).

Source: ABS data available on request, ABS Survey of Work-Related Training and Adult Learning, Australia, 2013.

Definitions of the concepts presented above can be found in the Education Glossary (under the Explanatory Notes tab). More detailed information can be found in the Education Data Cube (under the Downloads tab).