Collected for people living in households who are unemployed or not in the labour force and have looked for work in the last four weeks.
Supplementary notes
Notes from source:
*Estimate has a relative standard error of 25–50% and should be used with caution (applies to 'with disability' figures).
1. Figures are rounded and components may not add to total because of ABS confidentiality processes.
2. More than one difficulty may be reported. Components will not add to total.
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Difficulties experienced when finding jobs Australia 2018, by disability status
In 2018 in Australia, almost ** percent of people with a disability reported their own health or disability as a difficulty experienced when finding employment, compared to *** percent of people without a disability. Insufficient work experience was a leading difficulty experienced by people with and without a disability that year.
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