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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) | % | 1995-96 | 56.5 | 55.7 | 53.2 | 49.6 | 57.4 | 55.4 | n.a. | 68.8 | 55.5 |
Main income source from government payments (of all income units) | % | 1995-96 | 28.7 | 28.4 | 30.6 | 33.5 | 26.1 | 32.3 | n.a. | 15.7 | 29.0 |
Main income source from government payments (of couple with dependants income units) | % | 1995-96 | 13.0 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | *15.8 | n.a. | *8.9 | 11.0 |
Main income source from government payments (of one parent income units) | % | 1995-96 | 65.2 | 49.7 | 61.4 | 54.1 | 62.7 | *48.3 | n.a. | *37.9 | 58.7 |
Mean total weekly earnings of all employees | $ | 1996 | 598 | 581 | 540 | 528 | 560 | 514 | 611 | 658 | 574 |
Mean total weekly earnings of full-time adult employees | $ | 1996 | 748 | 726 | 685 | 674 | 735 | 647 | 752 | 824 | 724 |
Mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time non- managerial adult employees | $ | 1996 | 646 | 633 | 613 | 602 | 653 | 587 | 663 | 711 | 634 |
Female/male ratio of mean total full-time adult weekly earnings | no. | 1996 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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