This paper investigates some aspects of managing a special collection, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) collection, within the boundaries of an academic library. The processes and procedures reviewed begin with: acquisition of items; methods of display and access by clients; policies covering...
CANBERRA Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The average Australian baby is born in September, weighs 2.5 kg at birth and has one parent who was born overseas, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday. After analyzing birthing data from the 10 year...
Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in July last year revealed that prescription opioids such as codeine, morphine and oxycodone were responsible for two thirds of Australia's 668 deaths from drug overdoses in 2013. "We know that there are over half a million Australians...
Development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statistics at the Australian Bureau of StatisticsInformationCommunicationsTechnologyTechnologiesICTITInternetIndustryCommodityBusinessThis paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have...
Urban areas were defined as areas lying within the greater Perth metropolitan area, classified as part of a major city by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), and rural areas were defined as places outside of the metropolitan area, classified as regional areas by the ABS. The ABS ...
In addition, it can be difficult to identify appropriate symptomatic indicators when estimates are sought for a large number of regions. For example, a scoping study undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics was unable to identify any symptomatic indicators that could be used to estimate ...
The Personal Safety Survey (PSS) was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 2005 to collect information from a large sample (11,800 women and 4,500 men) about their experiences of violence. The survey covered a wide range of areas including physical and sexual violence, ...
MattCowgill/readabs master 11Branches20Tags Code README License readabs Overview {readabs} helps you easily download, import, and tidy data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics within R. This saves you time manually downloading and tediously tidying data and allows you to spend more time ...
It will do so by analysing the data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on building activity, building approvals, housing finance and lots subdivision applications. The paper argues that housing policies are not translating into an overall growth of residential densities across the...
Australian Bureau of Statistics. 4307.0.55.001 - Apparent Consumption of Alcohol, Australia, 2013-14. ABS https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4307.0.55.001Main+Features12013-14?OpenDocument (2015). The Economist. How to cut smoking in poor countries. The Economist https://www.eco...