ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ADSL | asymmetric digital subscriber line |
ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
CD | collection district |
CPCLA | Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities Survey |
CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
DHAC | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care |
DSL | digital subscriber line |
EU | European Union |
GIS | geographic information system |
GISCA | National Centre for Social Applications of GIS, University of Adelaide |
GSS | General Social Survey |
HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
HUIT | Household Use of Information Technology |
ICT | information and communication technology |
IT | information technology |
kbps | kilobits per second |
LFS | Labour Force Survey |
MB | megabyte |
MPHS | Multi-Purpose Household Survey |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PSTN | public switched telephone network |
RA | Remoteness Area |
RSE | relative standard error |
SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
SDSL | symmetric digital subscriber line |
SE | standard error |
TAFE | Technical and Further Education |