RR33 Patterns of participation in Year 12 (LSAY research report no. 33)
Authors:
Sue Fullarton, Maurice Walker, John Ainley, Kylie Hillman, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Publication date: 
1 July 2003
Publication type:
Research report
Themes:
Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > Attitudes to learning
Students and individuals > Learner groups > Young people
ISSN:
1440-3455
ISBN:
0 86431 689 5
This report looks at changes in participation in Year 12 from 1980 to 2001 and changes in the influences on participation. It also examines subject choices made by students in the final year of secondary school, influences on subject participation and the trends and patterns of subject participation over the last decade. Patterns of participation in subject areas are examined by student characteristics such as gender and school sector.
Research report no. 33
This report, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), is part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program.