Estimated proportion of the potential Year 12 population obtaining a Year 12 Higher School Certificate, by socioeconomic background, NSW 1997-2007
Notes: The percent of students completing Year 12 is estimated by expressing the number of students who obtain a Year 12 Higher School Certificate as a percentage of the potential Year 12 population. Socioeconomic background is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Index of Relative Socioeconomic disadvantage of the students’ home address.
Sources: Report on Government Services 2009, Government Services Report 2008, Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision 2005, Report on Government Services 2005, Productivity Commission, Canberra; 2005, Report on Government Services 2005, AusInfo, Canberra; 2004, Report on Government Services 2004, AusInfo, Canberra; 2003, Report on Government Services 2003, AusInfo, Canberra; 2002, Report on Government Services 2002, AusInfo, Canberra; 2001, Report on Government Services 2001, AusInfo, Canberra; 2000, Report on Government Services 2000, AusInfo, Canberra.
Comment
A substantially lower proportion of the potential Year 12 population living in low socioeconomic areas obtain a Year 12 Higher School Certificate (in 2007: 78% of students living in high socioeconomic areas compared with 63% living in low socioeconomic areas). Between 2004 and 2007, the difference between the proportion of children living in low and high socioeconomic areas that obtain a Year 12 Higher School Certificate, has shown little change.