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["1996",null,{"v":5177,"d":"5 177"},null,null,{"v":-0.2600905500433459,"d":"-0.3"},null,null,72.1,null,null,{"v":2312.8,"d":"2 313"},null,null,{"v":0.7931665649786535,"d":"0.8"},null,null,54.3,null,null,{"v":1590.3,"d":"1 590"},null,null,{"v":-0.959083265865357,"d":"-1.0"},null,null,50.5,null,null,{"v":3903.1,"d":"3 903"},null,null,{"v":0.07178934953719907,"d":"0.1"},null,null,52.7]
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["(a)","All estimates refer to the labour force in the civilian population aged 15 years and over."]
["(b)","Defined as the ratio of the labour force to the civilian population aged 15 years and over in the same group, expressed as a percentage."]
["(c)","From 1966 inclusive, all series have been revised to take into account underenumeration in recent censuses and revisions to the definition of"]
[null,"population. Estimates have also been revised to be consistent with the new questionnaire introduced in February 1978. Excluding these effects,"]
[null,"in August 1966 the labour force and participation rates for males, married, unmarried and total females were 3 390, 83.8 per cent, 743, 27.8 per"]
[null,"cent, 705, 49.3 per cent, 1 448 and 35.9 per cent, respectively."]
["(d)","Data from 1978 to 1983  inclusive were revised to conform with the 1981 census. Excluding these effects, in 1978, labour force and participation"]
[null,"rate estimates were 4 054, 78.3 per cent, 1 435, 42.1 per cent, 877, 46.2 per cent, 2 312 and 43.5 per cent, for males, married females,"]
[null,"unmarried females and all females, respectively.   Also from 1978 the survey methodology and questionnaire were changed, and estimates have"]
[null,"been revised to be consistent with the new definition of marital status.  From 1984 to December 1988 estimates conform to the 1986 census"]
[null,"benchmarks. From January 1989 estimates conform to the 1991 census benchmarks."]
["(e)","From April 1986 inclusive, the definition of employed persons was extended to include unpaid family helpers working between 1 and 14 hours per"]
[null,"week. Previously, these workers were counted as either unemployed or not in the labour force."]
[]
["Sources:",null,"\"The Labour Force, Australia\" (6204.0), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, annual."]
[null,null,"\"The Labour Force, Australia\" (6203.0), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, monthly."]
[null,null,"\"Labour Statistics, Australia\" (6101.0), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, annual."]
["Updated 2 October 1997"]