Table 1.
People not in the labour force by carer status, age group and sex, of 37 186 Australians aged 15–64 years surveyed in 2009
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No. not in labour force in survey group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Age group (years) |
Men |
Women |
All |
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| |
Primary carers* |
Not carers |
Primary carers* |
Not carers |
Primary carers* |
Not carers |
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| n | Wt n (%) ^ | n | Wt n (%) ^ | n | Wt n (%) ^ | n | Wt n (%) ^ | n | Wt n (%) ^ | n | Wt n (%) ^ | |
| 15-24 |
6 |
2 536 (34.3) |
1 083 |
391 330 (27.7) |
20 |
5 842 (54.4) |
1 061 |
379 885 (28.3) |
26 |
8 378 (46.2) |
1515 |
771 215 (28.0) |
| 25–34 |
3 |
1 802 (18.6) |
222 |
88 338 (6.2) |
55 |
17 947 (43.5) |
810 |
289 033 (21.5) |
58 |
19 749 (38.8) |
629 |
377 371 (13.6) |
| 35–44 |
23 |
9 492 (37.8) |
228 |
79 501 (5.9) |
115 |
40 824 (46.6) |
810 |
268 616 (21.1) |
138 |
50 316 (44.7) |
505 |
348 117 (13.3) |
| 45–54 |
43 |
14 606 (30.4) |
312 |
103 789 (8.5) |
109 |
37 531 (46.1) |
603 |
200 817 (17.5) |
152 |
52 137 (44.7) |
527 |
304 606 (12.8) |
| 55-64 |
83 |
26 783 (51.6) |
731 |
242 927 (24.8) |
172 |
57 790 (70.1) |
1 261 |
408 195 (44.5) |
254 |
84 573 (62.9) |
575 |
651 122 (34.3) |
| Total | 158 (42.8) | 55 219 (42.6) | 2 576 (14.2) | 905 885 (14.2) | 471 (52.4) | 159 934 (52.7) | 4 545 (25.5) | 1 546 546 (25.6) | 628 (49.5) | 215 153 (49.7) | 7 121 (19.8) | 2 452 431(19.7) |
n = survey sample.
Wt n = weighted sample (reflect Australian population).
*Primary carers = Primary carers of usual resident (i.e. lives with) care recipients.
^The proportion of each cohort not in the labour force.