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South Australian Government - Office for Women

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Theme: Employment

Sub theme: Labour force participation

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Indicator: Females in the labour force, timeseries, 1996 to 2006, South Australia

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Proportional Participation Females worked full-time(a) Females worked part-time Females in the labour force total
  1996 2001 2006 1996 2001 2006 1996 2001 2006
15-19 years 24% 21% 18% 70% 71% 74% 6.83% 7.14% 7.02%
20-24 years 56% 54% 51% 39% 40% 43% 11.91% 10.27% 10.54%
25-29 years 60% 60% 61% 34% 33% 32% 12.21% 10.58% 9.43%
30-34 years 45% 46% 47% 49% 47% 45% 12.09% 11.05% 9.85%
35-39 years 43% 41% 41% 52% 53% 53% 13.78% 12.31% 11.29%
40-44 years 49% 46% 44% 47% 49% 51% 14.01% 13.98% 12.71%
45-49 years 51% 51% 50% 43% 43% 44% 13.34% 13.30% 13.31%
50-54 years 49% 50% 52% 45% 43% 42% 8.63% 11.35% 11.67%
55-59 years 43% 45% 46% 49% 47% 47% 4.48% 6.28% 8.68%
60-64 years 38% 37% 39% 52% 53% 53% 1.62% 2.36% 3.84%
65-69 years 32% 29% 28% 54% 57% 62% 0.64% 0.76% 1.06%
70-74 years 29% 24% 21% 48% 53% 63% 0.26% 0.32% 0.35%
75 years + 25% 24% 26% 37% 37% 46% 0.19% 0.30% 0.25%
Total persons 48% 47% 46% 46% 47% 47% 100% 100% 100%