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Fix this textDespite unprecedented levels of immigration since World War If
Fix this textand rapidly increasing numbers of young workers entering the workforce during the
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Fix this textT HE FEMALE WORKFORCE increased by 6.25%
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Fix this textAustralia’s population increased by 52.4% between
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Fix this textSources of Labour Supply
Fix this textRates of growth of population and workforce varied
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Fix this textDuring the 1950s, the number of people making their
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Fix this textthis group in the 1950s. The number entering the
Fix this textworkforce was further reduced by the tendency, especially
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Fix this textIt was not until the large numbers born in the post-
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Fix this textThe high rate of migration was a major factor in the
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Fix this textSpencer attribute 50% of population growth between
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Fix this textThe most important features of post-war immigration
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Fix this textEuropean and American women are shown in the table.
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Fix this text( 1 ) A change in definition since the 1961 census has meant the inclusion of about 108,000 additional people in the 1966 census. Thus
Fix this textresults are not strictly comparable. Statistical growth rates overstate increases especially in the female workforce. Therefore, figures
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Fix this textt C.E.D.A.—Australia’s Population Structure and Growth 1965.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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