With only 6 days until the end of 2013 and the recent publication of Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Measures of Australia’s Progress 2013 Publication, there are a few things to take into consideration if you going to get the best out of your 2014. “Our latest Measures of Australia’s Progress (MAP) publication tells you what’s important to Australia for progress. After a two year consult with Australians we’ve looked at information about our Society, Economy, Governance and the Environment and overall, Australia is in pretty good shape with more progress, than regress – which is a great result.” ABS Director, Fiona Dowsley commented.
Ms Dowsley explained that over the past decade the national smoking rate has decreased from 22 per cent in 2001 to 16 per cent in 2011-12, so more of us are definitely quitting while the number of people who are overweight or obese has risen to 63 per cent in 2011-12.
Maybe you are considering to return your studies in the New Year that the number of people over the age of 25 with a vocational or higher education qualification has risen.
“We found that the proportion of people aged 25-64 years with a vocational or higher education qualification has risen from 54 per cent (5.5 million) to 67 per cent (7.8 million) between 2002 and 2012.” Ms Dowsley added.