Education and Training Indicators, Australia, 2002 presents summary statistics and commentary, using national level data, from a wide range of both ABS and non-ABS sources. The publication includes 38 two-page Topics, grouped according to the structure of the recently developed framework for education and training statistics - Measuring Learning in Australia: A framework for education and training statistics. The Topics cover providers of education and training, human and financial resources, participation, outputs and outcomes, and also the context in which education and training takes place. The sources of the data are outlined in the publication. In addition, there is an introductory Chapter outlining the structure of education and training in Australia, and a section with some related international statistics. State/territory level data may be available for some of the Topics covered in this publication and this data has been presented in the spreadsheets below.
Each spreadsheet includes the data presented in the text, tables and graphs in each Topic in the publication. The spreadsheets also include the data underlying other statistics presented in the text of each Topic. For most Topics, the spreadsheets also include some state/territory data for the main indicator/s presented.
Topic 1 - Australia's population (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 2 - Economic context (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 3 - Labour market (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 4 - Youth, education and the labour market
Topic 5 - Education and training providers
Topic 6 - Total expenditure on education
Topic 7 - Expenditure per student - government schools
Topic 8 - Income and expenditure per student - non-government schools
Topic 9 - Household expenditure on education fees - no data cube available, all data presented in the publication
Topic 10 - School teachers
Topic 11 - School student/teacher ratios
Topic 12 - Higher education staff
Topic 13 - Higher education student/teaching staff ratios (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 14 - Earnings of educators (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 15 - Demand for non-school study
Topic 16 - Participation in education and training
Topic 17 - Education participation - sub-populations (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 18 - Preschool students
Topic 19 - School students
Topic 20 - Apparent retention rates
Topic 21 - Vocational education & training students
Topic 22 - Apprentices and trainees
Topic 23 - Higher education students
Topic 24 - Overseas students
Topic 25 - Participation in training
Topic 26 - Level of education
Topic 27 - Main field of non-school qualifications
Topic 28 - Reading and numeracy national benchmarks - primary school students
Topic 29 - Literacy of 15 year old students
Topic 30 - Aspects of population literacy
Topic 31 - Recent school leavers in education
Topic 32 - Recent school leavers not in education
Topic 33 - Destinations of recent TAFE graduates (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 34 - Earnings of recent TAFE graduates
Topic 35 - Destinations of recent university graduates (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 36 - Earnings of recent university graduates (no state/territory data presented)
Topic 37 - Labour market indicators by level of education
Topic 38 - Earnings and highest level of educational attainment
