ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
ALL | International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey |
ALLS | Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey |
ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
CTB | core task booklet |
CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
ERP | estimated resident population |
ETS | Educational Testing Service |
HALS | Health Activities Literacy Scale |
IALS | International Adult Literacy Survey |
MTB | main task booklet |
NAAL | National Assessment of Adult Literacy |
NAL | National Adult Literacy Survey |
NSW | New South Wales |
NT | Northern Territory |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Qld | Queensland |
RSE | relative standard error |
SA | South Australia |
SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
SAL | Survey of Aspects of Literacy |
SE | standard error |
Tas. | Tasmania |
Vic. | Victoria |
WA | Western Australia |