ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
AC	Companion of the Order of Australia
AHS	Australian Health Survey
ACIM	Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality (AIHW books)
AIHW	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AIJA	Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration
ALLS	Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
AM	Member of the Order of Australia
ANCO	Australian National Classification of Offences
ANZSIC	Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
ANZSCO	Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
AO	Officer of the Order of Australia
APS	Australian Public Service
APSC	Australian Public Service Commission
AQF	Australian Qualifications Framework
ASDR	Age-specific death rate
ASOC	Australian Standard Offence Classification
AST	Australian Social Trends
ASX	Australian Stock Exchange
Aust.	Australia
AATSIHS	Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey
AATSISS	Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
BMI	Body Mass Index
CPI	Consumer Price Index
CRA	Commonwealth Rent Assistance
DALYs	Disability-adjusted life years
DEEWR	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
EEH	Employee Earnings and Hours Survey
EOWA	Equal Opportunity for Women Agency
ERP	Estimated Resident Population
FaHCSIA	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
FOES	Forms of Employment Survey
FTE	Full-time Equivalent
GCA	Graduate Council of Australia
GICS	Global Industry Classification System
HES	Household Expenditure Survey
ICD-10	International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision
ISDR	Indirect standardised death rate
LFS	Labour Force Survey
MAP	Measures of Australia's Progress
MPHS	Multipurpose Household Survey
MPS	Monthly Population Survey
NATSIHS	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey
NATSISS	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
NHMRC	National Health and Medical Research Council
NHS	National Health Survey
NOI	National Offence Index
OAM	Medal of the Order of Australia
OFW	Office for Women (PM&C)
OMIE	Owner manager of incorporated enterprise
PIAAC	Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
PM&C	Prime Minister and Cabinet
PSS	Personal Safety Survey
RSE	Relative Standard Error
SDR	Standardised death rate
SDAC	Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers
SEARS	Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation
SET	Survey of Education and Training
SEW	Survey of Education and Work
SIH	Survey of Income and Housing
TUS	Time Use Survey
VET	Vocational Education and Training
WGEA	Workplace Gender Equality Agency
WHO	World Health Organization
WRTAL	Work-Related Training and Adult Learning (Survey of)

na	not available
nec	not elsewhere classified
nfd	not further defined
np	not published - not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
no.	number
nya	not yet available
p	preliminary figure or series subject to revision
r	revised
'000	thousand
$	dollar
%	per cent
*	estimate has a relative standard error of between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution
**	estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
. .	not applicable
—	nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals.

Unless otherwise stated, where source data used included a non-response category (i.e. not stated), data in this category have been excluded prior to the calculation of percentages. Total numbers shown with such percentages include the number of non-responses.