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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Wages and salaries as main source of income (of all income units) | % | 1996-97 | 55.1 | 55.9 | 53.9 | 48.2 | 55.9 | 52.5 | n.a. | 63.0 | 54.8 |
Main income source from government payments (of all income units) | % | 1996-97 | 30.8 | 28.4 | 30.6 | 37.0 | 26.2 | 35.4 | n.a. | 19.5 | 30.0 |
Main income source from government payments (of couple with dependants income units) | % | 1996-97 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 13.0 | *11.8 | *6.9 | *12.4 | n.a. | * * | 11.6 |
Main income source from government payments (of one parent income units) | % | 1996-97 | 67.4 | 68.2 | 62.1 | 70.9 | 56.0 | *50.8 | n.a. | *51.0 | 64.8 |
Mean total weekly earnings of all employees | $ | 1998 | 642 | 560 | 588 | 568 | 586 | 554 | 643 | 734 | 610 |
Mean total weekly earnings of full-time adult employees | $ | 1998 | 817 | 767 | 757 | 729 | 781 | 712 | 782 | 874 | 782 |
Mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time non-managerial adult employees | $ | 1998 | 710 | 684 | 674 | 668 | 695 | 653 | 693 | 745 | 692 |
Female/male ratio of mean total full-time adult weekly earnings | no. | 1998 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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