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Attachment tablesAttachment tables for this chapter are identified in references throughout thischapter by an ‘A’ suffix (for example, table 13A.1.1). A list of attachment tables isin section 13.5. These tables can be found on the Review web page(www.pc.gov.au/gsp). Users can also contact the Secretariat to obtain theattachment tables.13.1 Patterns of relative Indigenous disadvantageIn 2004-05, Indigenous people were markedly disadvantaged when compared withnon-Indigenous people against all the proxy indicators. The following sectionsexamine how this disadvantage varied according to age, sex and remoteness. Thissection analyses six measures from the NATSIHS and NHS that are closely alignedwith some of this Report’s headline indicators. Box 13.1.1 lists the measures usedand the corresponding headline indicators.Box 13.1.1 Measuring relative Indigenous disadvantageThe following measures for Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations from the2004-05 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey and the NationalHealth Survey are proxies for some of the Report’s headline indicators:NATSIHS/NHS measure• without a non-school qualification(without a vocational or highereducation qualification)• not in the labour force• unemployed 1• individual income in the lowest20 per cent of income for the totalAustralian population• equivalised household income inthe lowest 20 per cent of income forthe total Australian population 2• not living in a house being owned orpurchased by a member of thehousehold (data available forIndigenous people only)Headline indicator• Post-secondary education(attainment)• Labour force participation andunemployment• Household and individual income• Home ownership1 For this analysis, unemployment figures are calculated as a proportion of the population, not ofthe labour force and, therefore, are different from those reported elsewhere in the Report.2 Equivalised household income adjusts the actual incomes of households to make households ofdifferent sizes and composition comparable. It results in a measure of the economic resourcesavailable to members of a standardised household.13.2 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007

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