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while the proportion of non-Indigenous students enrolled in these coursesdecreased slightly from 23.8 per cent in 2003 to 22.1 per cent in 2005(figure 11.4.2; table 11A.4.8).Figure 11.4.3 Proportion of TAFE students studying management orcommerce, business law, economics or econometrics,2005a, b,.cIndigenousNon-Indigenous10080Per cent6040200Major citiesInnerregionalOuterregionalRemote Very remote Australiaa 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 derivedbased on the number of students whose Indigenous status were identified in the NCVER data collection.There are a large number of students in the ‘Indigenous status unknown or not stated’ category. For example,in 2005, 17.6 per cent of all students were classified as ‘Indigenous status unknown’, compared to 3.8 per centwho identified as Indigenous. ‘Indigenous status unknown’ records are separately identified in the attachmenttables. c Allocation of students to geographic regions was done using the postcode of the student’s homeaddress.Source: NCVER (unpublished); tables 11A.4.2 and 11.4.5.In 2005:• Nationally, 37.6 per cent of Indigenous TAFE students were studyingmanagement, commerce, business law or economics compared with42.2 per cent of non-Indigenous students (figure 11.4.3; table 11A.4.8).• A lower proportion of Indigenous than non-Indigenous TAFE students werestudying management, commerce, business law or economics in major cities,remote areas and very remote areas. In inner and outer regional areas similarproportions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students were studyingmanagement, commerce, business or economics (figure 11.4.3).11.42 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007