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. 2020 Oct 31;28(2):783–794. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12563

TABLE 2.

Female labor force participation rates, by age group, January 2000–June 2020 (%)

Jan 2000 July 2008 Aug 2008 Sept 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Jan 2020 Feb 2020 Mar 2020 Apr 2020 May 2020 June 2020
15–19 62.9 59.6 56.0 58.5 58.9 57.2 62.5 60.1 57.8 56.7 48.4 44.1
20–24 75.6 78.8 77.5 78.3 76.8 76.1 79.2 80.7 81.5 79.7 73.3 72.7
25–29 70.1 74.8 74.7 74.8 75.1 76.3 76.0 81.8 81.8 80.7 77.3 75.5
30–34 63.8 72.4 72.9 73.1 73.5 72.8 74.1 77.3 79.3 80.1 76.8 76.6
35–39 66.4 72.2 72.0 73.3 72.6 72.6 73.5 76.6 78.4 78.5 76.7 75.2
40–44 70.2 77.9 77.2 78.7 77.6 77.7 77.4 79.3 79.6 79.8 78.1 77.3
45–59 71.7 79.5 79.5 81.1 80.4 80.5 80.7 80.4 82.1 81.5 80.1 79.8
50–54 63.1 74.6 75.2 74.7 73.8 73.3 73.9 76.2 78.9 79.6 76.6 76.4
55–59 45.2 61.2 61.2 62.8 61.7 62.3 61.6 69.5 71.1 70.1 68.3 68.0
60–64 19.0 37.7 38.5 39.5 38.8 38.5 37.5 50.8 51.5 52.1 50.3 51.0

Source: 6291.0.55.001—Labour force, Australia, detailed—Electronic delivery, June 2020.