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www.youthlabourforce.cjb.net
Not attending school or tertiary institution.   
  
Aged     Nov-00    Dec-00    Jan-01
15           42.7%      50.3%      49.3%
15-19     16.7%      17.5%      20.5%
16           23.9%      26.4%      30.3%
17           20.1%      20.3%      24.7%
18           14.7%      18.7%      20.4%
19           14.2%      10.9%      14.9%
This graph shows that, in January 2001 there has been a substancial increase in the percentage of people aged 15-19 not attending school or tertiary education.
Attending tertiary institution    
Aged   Nov-00   Dec-00   Jan-01
15             0%           0%       0%
15-19       9.6%      11.4%   12.8%
16             30.4%    26.8%   15.4%
17             9.7%      20.4%   25.8%
18             11.1%    15%      12.3%
19             8%          7.4%     10.2%
The major trends that occur in this graph show that, 0% of the 15 year olds in Australia don't attend a tertiary instiution. As you can see, the 16 year old percentage is going down increasingly as the months progress. This is the result of VET courses and AUS study introduced by the federal government.
www.youthlabourforce.cjb.net
Attending school    

Aged    Nov-00    Dec-00   Jan-01
15         28.4%     23.2%     21.3%
15-19   18.1%     20.7%     18.8%
16         15.9%     19.4%     17.2%
17         10.9%     19.6%     15.9%
18         15.2%     13.1%      31.8%
19          0.0%       76.8%     42.2%
The major trends that occur in this graph are, that percentages in recent trends are increasing significantly for youth to stay in school. Again this is the result of VET and AUS study programmes that the government has introduced to encourage youth to not enter the labour force. This has become an insentive for the youth population to stay in school.
www.youthlabourforce.cjb.net
Youth Unemployment
Age             Year                  %
15-19         90-91                25.8%
15-19         91-92                31.0%
15-19         92-93                32.1%
15-19         93-94                30.2%
15-19         94-95                27.2%
15-19         95-96                27.8%
15-19         96-97                28.7%
15-19         97-98                27.7%
This graph of trends shows that in the late 90s, youth unemployment has been stabilised due to  the federal government introduced programmes that would encourage the youth to stay at school. To keep reducing this figure they need to expand on their existing programmes and/or introduce more.
www.youthunemployment.cjb.net