4442.0 - Family Characteristics, Australia, Jun 2003  
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Standard Errors

The following tables should be used in estimating standard errors for estimates in this publication, in line with the formula presented in the Technical Note.

T1 STANDARD ERRORS OF PERSON ESTIMATES

STANDARD ERROR
RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR
NSW
Vic.
Qld.
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Aust.
Size of Estimate
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
%

100
130
160
160
180
140
120
110
140
120
120.0
200
210
250
250
250
220
170
170
190
200
100.0
300
290
320
310
310
280
210
220
230
260
86.7
500
410
440
430
390
370
270
290
290
370
74.0
700
510
540
520
460
440
320
350
330
460
65.7
1,000
650
660
630
540
520
380
420
390
570
57.0
1,500
840
820
780
650
640
450
500
450
740
49.3
2,000
1,000
960
900
730
730
510
560
500
870
43.5
2,500
1,150
1,100
1,000
800
800
550
600
550
1,000
40.0
3,000
1,250
1,200
1,100
850
850
600
650
600
1,100
36.7
3,500
1,400
1,300
1,200
900
950
650
700
600
1,200
34.3
4,000
1,500
1,400
1,250
950
1,000
650
700
650
1,300
32.5
5,000
1,700
1,550
1,400
1,050
1,100
700
750
700
1,500
30.0
7,000
2,050
1,800
1,650
1,200
1,250
800
850
750
1,800
25.7
10,000
2,450
2,150
1,900
1,400
1,400
900
900
850
2,150
21.5
15,000
3,000
2,600
2,300
1,600
1,650
1,000
1,000
950
2,650
17.7
20,000
3,500
2,950
2,550
1,750
1,800
1,100
1,050
1,050
3,050
15.3
30,000
4,200
3,500
3,000
2,050
2,050
1,200
1,100
1,150
3,700
12.3
40,000
4,750
3,900
3,350
2,250
2,200
1,300
1,100
1,250
4,250
10.6
50,000
5,250
4,300
3,600
2,400
2,350
1,350
1,150
1,300
4,700
9.4
100,000
6,950
5,550
4,550
2,950
2,800
1,550
1,150
1,500
6,300
6.3
150,000
8,100
6,450
5,150
3,350
3,100
1,650
1,100
1,650
7,450
5.0
200,000
9,000
7,100
5,600
3,600
3,250
1,700
1,100
1,700
8,300
4.2
300,000
10,350
8,100
6,250
4,050
3,550
1,800
. .
1,850
9,650
3.2
500,000
12,100
9,450
7,100
4,600
3,850
1,850
. .
. .
11,600
2.3
1,000,000
14,700
11,450
8,250
5,400
4,150
. .
. .
. .
14,500
1.5
2,000,000
17,400
13,600
9,400
6,200
4,450
. .
. .
. .
17,750
0.9
5,000,000
20,800
16,550
10,700
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
22,450
0.4
10,000,000
23,100
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
26,150
0.3
15,000,000
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
28,250
0.2
20,000,000
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
29,740
0.1

. . not applicable

T2 STANDARD ERRORS OF FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD ESTIMATES

STANDARD ERROR
RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Aust.
Size of Estimate
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
%

100
140
120
110
140
130
100
80
110
100
100.0
200
230
200
190
210
200
150
140
160
170
85.0
300
310
270
260
270
260
190
190
200
230
76.7
500
430
380
370
350
340
260
260
250
320
64.0
700
530
470
460
420
410
300
310
290
410
58.6
1,000
660
580
570
500
500
360
380
340
510
51.0
1,500
840
730
720
590
610
420
450
400
660
44.0
2,000
980
860
840
670
690
470
510
440
780
39.0
2,500
1,100
950
950
750
750
500
550
500
900
36.0
3,000
1,200
1,050
1,050
800
850
550
600
500
1,000
33.3
3,500
1,300
1,150
1,150
850
900
550
600
550
1,050
30.0
4,000
1,400
1,250
1,200
900
950
600
650
550
1,150
28.8
5,000
1,600
1,350
1,350
950
1,000
650
700
600
1,300
26.0
7,000
1,850
1,600
1,550
1,050
1,150
700
750
650
1,550
22.1
10,000
2,150
1,900
1,800
1,200
1,350
750
800
700
1,850
18.5
15,000
2,600
2,200
2,100
1,350
1,500
800
850
750
2,250
15.0
20,000
2,900
2,500
2,300
1,450
1,650
850
850
800
2,550
12.8
30,000
3,350
2,850
2,650
1,550
1,850
850
850
850
3,050
10.2
40,000
3,750
3,150
2,900
1,650
2,000
900
850
900
3,450
8.6
50,000
4,000
3,400
3,050
1,750
2,150
900
850
900
3,750
7.5
100,000
4,950
4,100
3,600
1,950
2,500
900
750
950
4,850
4.9
150,000
5,550
4,550
3,900
2,050
2,650
850
700
950
5,550
3.7
200,000
5,950
4,850
4,050
2,100
2,800
850
650
950
6,050
3.0
300,000
6,500
5,200
4,250
2,150
2,950
800
. .
950
6,800
2.3
500,000
7,150
5,650
4,450
2,150
3,100
700
. .
. .
7,750
1.6
1,000,000
7,950
6,100
4,550
2,150
3,250
. .
. .
. .
9,050
0.9
2,000,000
8,550
6,400
4,500
2,050
3,250
. .
. .
. .
10,300
0.5
5,000,000
8,950
6,400
4,150
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
11,600
0.2
10,000,000
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
12,250
0.1

. . not applicable

T3 FACTORS FOR MEDIAN ESTIMATES

NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.

Factors

Median income of parent in lone parent families with children aged 0-17
0.69
0.79
0.62
0.90
0.63
0.60
0.58
1.24
0.69
Median income of parents in couple families with children aged 0-17
0.79
0.92
0.99
0.92
0.83
1.19
0.86
0.82
0.98

T4 LEVELS AT WHICH ESTIMATES HAVE RELATIVE STANDARD ERRORS OF 25% AND 50%(a)

NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.

25% RSE
Median income of parent in lone parent families with children aged 0-17
3,860
3,821
2,242
2,754
1,571
753
753
2,291
2,351
Median income of parents in couple families with children aged 0-17
4,953
5,163
5,479
2,847
2,589
2,384
1,595
1,197
5,216
50% RSE
Median income of parent in lone parent families with children aged 0-17
816
812
391
809
367
164
73
738
347
Median income of parents in couple families with children aged 0-17
1,115
1,191
1,321
841
672
740
366
344
1,002

(a) Refers to the number of families contributing to the estimate.