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• Indigenous university students comprised 0.5 per cent of university studentsstudying management, commerce, business law and economics. Indigenousuniversity students comprised 1.2 per cent of university students in all courses(table 11A.4.8).Figure 11.4.2 Proportion of university students studying management orcommerce, business law, economics or econometrics,2003–2005a, b, c100802003 2004 2005Per cent6040200Males Females Persons Males Females PersonsIndigenousNon-Indigenousa Management, commerce, business law, economics and econometrics defined as field of education codes,08,090901, and 0919, from the ABS Australian Standard Classification of Education b Data are derived basedon the number of students whose Indigenous status was identified in the DEST data collection. There are alarge number of students in the ‘Indigenous status unknown or not stated’ category. For example, in 2005,3.6 per cent of all students were classified as ‘Indigenous status unknown’, compared to 1.2 per cent whoidentified as Indigenous. ‘Indigenous status unknown’ records are separately identified in the attachmenttables.Source: DEST Higher Education Student Collection (unpublished); tables 11A.4.1 and 11.4.4• In each year from 2003 to 2005, for both Indigenous and non-Indigenousuniversity students, males were more likely than females to enrol in universitycourses relevant to management and governance (including management,commerce, business law and economics) (figure 11.4.2).• In each year from 2003 to 2005, a lower proportion of Indigenous students thannon-Indigenous students enrolled in university courses relevant to managementand governance, regardless of gender.• The number of Indigenous university students studying management, commerce,business, law and economics declined from 809 in 2002 to 753 in 2005. Thenumber of non-Indigenous students of these subjects also declined (from156 556 to 151 361) (table 11A.4.1).• There were no significant changes in the proportion of Indigenous universitystudents enrolled in university courses relevant to management and governance,ECONOMICPARTICIPATION ANDDEVELOPMENT11.41