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What drove the decline in the participation rate in the household labour force survey over the March 2009 quarter?

Data table for Figure 4

Trend series: labour force participation rate by gender
Date Male Female Total Both Sexes
Mar-86 80 55 67
Jun-86 80 55 67
Sep-86 79 55 67
Dec-86 79 55 67
Mar-87 79 55 66
Jun-87 79 55 67
Sep-87 78 55 66
Dec-87 78 55 66
Mar-88 77 55 66
Jun-88 76 54 65
Sep-88 76 54 65
Dec-88 76 54 64
Mar-89 75 53 64
Jun-89 75 53 64
Sep-89 75 53 64
Dec-89 74 53 64
Mar-90 74 54 64
Jun-90 74 54 64
Sep-90 74 54 64
Dec-90 74 54 64
Mar-91 74 54 64
Jun-91 74 55 64
Sep-91 74 54 64
Dec-91 74 54 64
Mar-92 74 54 64
Jun-92 73 54 63
Sep-92 73 54 63
Dec-92 73 54 63
Mar-93 73 54 63
Jun-93 73 54 63
Sep-93 73 54 63
Dec-93 73 54 64
Mar-94 74 55 64
Jun-94 74 55 64
Sep-94 74 55 64
Dec-94 74 55 64
Mar-95 74 56 65
Jun-95 74 56 65
Sep-95 74 56 65
Dec-95 75 56 65
Mar-96 74 57 65
Jun-96 75 58 66
Sep-96 75 58 66
Dec-96 75 57 66
Mar-97 74 57 66
Jun-97 74 57 66
Sep-97 74 57 66
Dec-97 74 57 65
Mar-98 74 57 65
Jun-98 74 57 65
Sep-98 73 57 65
Dec-98 73 57 65
Mar-99 73 57 65
Jun-99 73 57 65
Sep-99 73 57 65
Dec-99 74 57 65
Mar-00 73 57 65
Jun-00 73 57 65
Sep-00 74 58 65
Dec-00 74 58 66
Mar-01 74 58 66
Jun-01 74 58 66
Sep-01 74 58 66
Dec-01 74 59 66
Mar-02 75 59 67
Jun-02 75 59 67
Sep-02 75 59 67
Dec-02 74 59 66
Mar-03 74 59 66
Jun-03 74 59 66
Sep-03 74 60 67
Dec-03 74 60 67
Mar-04 74 60 67
Jun-04 74 59 67
Sep-04 75 60 67
Dec-04 75 61 68
Mar-05 75 61 68
Jun-05 75 61 68
Sep-05 75 61 68
Dec-05 75 61 68
Mar-06 76 62 68
Jun-06 76 62 69
Sep-06 76 61 68
Dec-06 76 61 68
Mar-07 76 62 69
Jun-07 76 62 69
Sep-07 76 62 68
Dec-07 75 61 68
Mar-08 75 61 68
Jun-08 75 62 68
Sep-08 75 63 69
Dec-08 75 63 69
Mar-09 75 63 69
Jun-09 75 62 68

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