During a survey conducted among young people aged 15 to 19 living in Australia in 2020, approximately 38 percent of respondents who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander reported that they planned to go to university after leaving school, compared to over 65 percent of non-Indigenous respondents.
Plans after leaving school of respondents aged 15 to 19 years in Australia in 2020, by indigenous status
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A total of 25,800 young people between the ages of 15 and 19 responded to Mission Australia’s Youth Survey 2020, of which a total of 1,129 respondents identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
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Mission Australia. (October 28, 2020). Plans after leaving school of respondents aged 15 to 19 years in Australia in 2020, by indigenous status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399226/australia-young-people-plans-after-leaving-school-by-indigenous-status/
Mission Australia. "Plans after leaving school of respondents aged 15 to 19 years in Australia in 2020, by indigenous status." Chart. October 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399226/australia-young-people-plans-after-leaving-school-by-indigenous-status/
Mission Australia. (2020). Plans after leaving school of respondents aged 15 to 19 years in Australia in 2020, by indigenous status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399226/australia-young-people-plans-after-leaving-school-by-indigenous-status/
Mission Australia. "Plans after Leaving School of Respondents Aged 15 to 19 Years in Australia in 2020, by Indigenous Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399226/australia-young-people-plans-after-leaving-school-by-indigenous-status/
Mission Australia, Plans after leaving school of respondents aged 15 to 19 years in Australia in 2020, by indigenous status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399226/australia-young-people-plans-after-leaving-school-by-indigenous-status/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Plans after leaving school of respondents aged 15 to 19 years in Australia in 2020, by indigenous status [Graph], Mission Australia, October 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399226/australia-young-people-plans-after-leaving-school-by-indigenous-status/