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released: 19 Jul 2006

Occupational therapists are allied health professionals who teach people how to return tonormal activities after injury or illness, using therapy and rehabilitation. This report presents statistics on occupational therapists in Australia. It is based on the main findings of the 2002-2003 national surveys of occupational therapists. Information presented in the report includes an overview of the demographic characteristics of occupational therapist respondents, such as their age/sex profile, and their work characteristics, such as clinical specialty, work setting and hours worked.

ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 582 1; Cat. no. HWL 35; 30pp.; $20.00

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (155K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Symbols and other usages
    • Acknowledgments
    • Main findings
  • Sections
    1. Occupational therapist population (182K PDF)
      • Introduction
      • AIHW Occupational Therapy Labour Force Survey
      • Size of the occupational therapy labour force
      • Labour force characteristics
    2. Employed occupational therapists
      • Age and sex
      • Fields within occupational therapy
      • Work setting and sector
      • Hours worked
      • Some features of occupational therapist clinicians
  • End matter
    • Appendix A: Detailed tables (188K PDF)
    • Appendix B: Explanatory notes
      • Method
      • Scope and coverage
      • Response rate
      • Representativeness of the data
    • Glossary
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2006. Occupational therapy labour force 2002-2003. Cat. no. HWL 35. Canberra: AIHW.