Nursing labour force 2002

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National health labour force series no. 29

This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses in Australia. It is based on the main findings of the 2001 national survey of registered and enrolled nurses, and includes registration and enrolment data for 2002. Information presented in this report includes the number and characteristics of registered and enrolled nurses in each geographic region and in each state and territory, their age and sex profiles, type of nurse, area of clinical nursing, work setting and hours worked.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 17 December 2003; ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 330 8; AIHW cat. no. HWL 29; 34pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Preliminary material (125KB PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Symbols and other usages
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
Sections (225KB PDF)
- Main findings
- Composition
  - Size of the nursing labour force
  - Age
  - Sex
- Nursing supply
  - State and territory comparisons
  - Regional distribution comparisons
- Features of employed nurses
  - Nursing role
  - Clinical area of nursing
  - Work setting
  - Sector of employment
- Additional tables (99KB PDF)
End matter (130K PDF)
- Explanatory notes
- Glossary
- References

Additional material

Revised tables 1995--2001 ¹

Registered and enrolled nurses time series 1995--2001 (317KB XLS)
Registered nurses time series 1995--2001 (318KB XLS)
Enrolled nurses time series 1995--2001 (332KB XLS)

Notes and corrections

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Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

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.