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Table 12A.28
Table 12A.28
Labour force and employment participation among adults aged
16–30 years, by mental disorder status, 2007 (per cent) (a)
Employed (b) Unemployed (b) Not in the labour force
Any 12-month mental disorder (c)
92.1 ± 3.2 7.9 ± 3.2 19.2 ± 3.4
Lifetime mental disorder, with no
12-month symptoms (d)
92.2 ± 9.0 np 17.6 ± 6.2
No lifetime mental disorder (e) 93.6 ± 1.9 6.4 ± 1.9 22.1 ± 2.9
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The rates reported in this table include 95 per cent confidence intervals (for example, X per cent ±
X per cent). Estimates with RSEs greater than 25 per cent are not published.
The employed and unemployed rates are as a proportion of those in the labour force.
Persons who met criteria for diagnosis of a lifetime mental disorder (with hierarchy) and had symptoms
in the 12 months prior to interview.
People who had experienced a mental disorder at some point in their life, but who did not have
symptoms in the previous 12 months.
(e) Persons who did not meet criteria for diagnosis of a lifetime mental disorder.
np Not published.
Source : ABS (unpublished), derived from the 2007 Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing ,
Cat. no. 4326.0, Canberra.
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