Wednesday, February 25, 2015

4125.0 - Gender Indicators, Australia, Feb 2015

'Women continue to have a longer life expectancy than men, with a life expectancy for women 84.3 years,' said Caroline Daley from the ABS. 'However, over the last ten years the gap has narrowed, life expectancy for men has increased by 2.3 years while the life expectancy for women has only increased by 1.5 years.'. In the 18-24 age group, more women than men are studying for a Bachelor Degree or above (34 per cent compared to 25 per cent), while men are more likely to study Certificates III and IV (11 per cent compared to 6 per cent).

Source: http://media.australia.gov.au/notify/click.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abs.gov.au%2FAUSSTATS%2Fabs%40.nsf%2FmediareleasesbyReleaseDate%2FC3EB14C3003D7C97CA257DF50010A368%3FOpenDocument&collection=releases&rank=6&auth=eBIFKlhX%2BEGL8CLepRiXpQ

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