Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

1.4a Labour Force Participation Rate Original (a) - per cent
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
1963-64								59.2			58.7
1964-65		58.3			58.6			59.2			58.9
1965-66		58.9			59.2			59.7			59.4
1966-67		59.9			60.1			60.6			60.2
1967-68		60.1			60.3			60.8			60.5
1968-69		60.2			60.2			60.9			60.4
1969-70		60.2			60.9			61.4			61.3
1970-71		61.2			61.5			61.8			61.8
1971-72		61.0			61.1			61.5			61.1
1972-73		61.3			62.0			62.2			61.5
1973-74		61.6			62.1			62.6			62.2
1974-75		61.4			62.3			62.6			62.0
1975-76		61.6			62.7			62.7			62.2
1976-77		61.3			61.5			62.4			62.3
1977-78		61.8			61.4			61.7	61.5	61.4	61.1	60.9
1978-79	60.8	60.6	60.6	60.5	60.4	61.8	60.3	61.1	61.1	60.9	60.5	60.5
1979-80	60.5	60.1	60.9	60.8	60.7	61.8	60.5	61.4	61.6	61.0	61.4	61.2
1980-81	61.3	61.0	61.8	61.0	60.9	62.3	60.6	61.4	61.7	61.3	61.1	60.8
1981-82	61.0	60.7	61.7	60.9	60.7	61.8	60.4	61.3	61.6	60.7	60.8	60.4
1982-83	60.4	60.0	60.9	60.9	60.5	61.5	59.8	61.0	61.2	60.4	60.5	60.1
1983-84	60.2	59.7	60.9	60.1	60.1	61.2	59.6	60.7	61.4	60.9	60.6	60.6
1984-85	60.4	59.9	60.9	60.2	60.3	61.1	59.7	61.0	61.4	60.2	60.7	60.6
1985-86	60.5	60.2	61.4	60.5	61.4	61.9	60.8	61.9	62.4	62.3	61.9	61.8
1986-87	61.8	61.1	62.3	61.8	61.7	62.8	61.1	62.2	63.0	62.2	62.0	61.8
1987-88	62.1	61.3	61.9	61.6	61.4	62.9	61.7	62.2	63.3	63.1	62.3	62.2
1988-89	61.8	61.6	62.8	62.1	62.1	63.5	62.0	63.1	63.1	63.1	63.4	62.9
1989-90	63.1	62.7	63.8	63.1	63.4	64.2	62.8	63.8	63.9	63.8	64.0	63.7
1990-91	64.0	63.2	64.2	63.5	63.5	64.6	62.9	63.7	63.8	63.9	63.4	62.8
1991-92	62.3	62.6	63.7	62.6	62.5	63.9	62.6	63.4	63.4	62.9	62.9	62.8
1992-93	63.2	62.5	63.1	62.7	62.1	63.3	62.4	62.6	63.0	62.0	62.3	62.4
1993-94	62.2	61.9	63.1	62.7	62.6	63.7	62.5	63.1	63.3	62.7	62.7	62.7
1994-95	63.0	62.2	63.8	62.8	62.8	63.9	62.7	63.9	63.8	63.7	63.7	63.7
1995-96	63.7	63.1	64.2	63.4	63.8	64.5	63.3	64.0	63.8	63.4	63.5	63.3
1996-97	63.4	63.2	64.1	63.5	63.2	64.3	63.2	63.9	63.7	63.4	63.1	63.0
1997-98	63.1	62.2	63.8	62.9	63.2	63.9	62.7	63.3	63.4	63.2	63.1	63.3
1998-99	63.4	62.6	64.2	63.2
(a) Labour force as a proportion of the civilian population aged 15 years and over. Note: There are breaks in the series in August 1966 and April 1986. Care should be exercised when making comparisons over periods within which these dates fall. Source: The Labour Force, ABS (6202.0, 6203.0)

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