National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 27b-Proportion of Indigenous 20-64 year olds with or working towards a post-school qualification in Certificate level III or above (Survey data), 2012

Collection and usage attributes

Presentation: Number and percentage (per 100 persons).

95% confidence intervals and relative standard errors are calculated for proportions.

National and state/territory by Indigenous status, by:

• Completed study/currently studying.
• Level of study (completed study only).

NO NEW DATA FOR 2012 REPORTING.

Data sources for this indicator are:

• Main data collection:  Census.
• Supplementary data collection: NATSISS (Indigenous); NATSIHS (Indigenous); and  SEW (non-Indigenous).

The baseline report reported data from the 2006 Census as the main data collection and data from the 2008 NATSISS (Indigenous) and 2008 SEW (non-Indigenous) as the supplementary data collection. The next available data source will be the 2011-12 NATSIHS for the Indigenous population.

For persons 'with' a non-school qualification:

• Persons whose level of non-school qualification is determined to be certificate level but is not able to be further defined (i.e., Certificate nfd) are assumed to have attained below Certificate level III and are therefore excluded from the numerator for this indicator.
• Persons whose level of non-school qualification cannot be determined are assumed to have attained below Certificate level III and are therefore excluded from the numerator for this indicator.

For persons 'working towards' a non-school qualification:

• Level of qualification is not available for people 'working towards' post school qualifications. Therefore, people working towards any non-school qualification are included in the calculations for this indicator.

At this stage, The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) advises that information is only available on qualification levels for those who have completed studies (not those who are currently studying). Therefore, the ABS recommended restricting the definition for baseline reporting accordingly to those who have completed Certificate Level III or above, and those currently studying a non-school qualification.

Prior to 2010, the Survey of Work and Education (SEW) did not include people living in very remote areas. From 2010 onwards, the SEW does not include people living in Indigenous communities in very remote areas. Whilst a reduced scope, this may still affect the comparability of results.

The size of the standard errors mean that SEW data may not be adequate for measuring change over time.

Baseline year for NIRA target (Halve the gap in employment outcomes within a decade) is 2008; baseline year for this indicator is 2006; target year is 2018.

Representational attributes

Indicator conceptual framework

Data source attributes

Accountability attributes

Specification: Interim.

Data is required on the level of qualification for those currently studying (working towards a qualification).

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is exploring options for collecting level and field of current study in future household surveys, commencing with the General Social Survey (GSS) 2010.

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes