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released: 6 Nov 1998 author: AIHW media release

Presents information on the number and characteristics of all registered and enrolled nurses in Australia in 1995. Specifically, the report includes statistics showing employment in nursing by age, sex, type of nurse, area of clinical nursing, classification, work setting, hours worked and geographic region of main job.

ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 0 642 24775 9; Cat. no. HWL 8; 116pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (65K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Foreword
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgements
  • Chapters
    1. Overview (47K PDF)
    2. Total nurse employment (161K PDF)
    3. Trends in nursing employment (221K PDF)
    4. International comparison (96K PDF)
    5. Registered nurses (192K PDF)
    6. Enrolled nurses (156K PDF)
    7. Rural nurse workforce (193K PDF)
    8. Migration and education (169K PDF)
    9. Explanatory notes (174K PDF)

Notes and corrections

  1. Significant changes were made to the survey design and processing in 2003. Data from the 1995 to 2001 surveys have been revised to enable time series comparisons.

Recommended citation

AIHW 1998. Nursing labour force 1995. National Health Labour Force Series 11. Cat. no. HWL 8. Canberra: AIHW.