Farm Equity Ratio, 1996-1997 to 1998-1999 (three year average)

\r\n\r\nThis data relates to the farm equity ratio of broadacre and dairy farm\r\nproperties which responded to the ABARE annual farm survey over a three year\r\nperiod from 1996-1997 to 1998-1999. Median farm area is reported at the\r\nStatistical Division (SD) level for Australia. This data relates to farm\r\nbusiness equity as a percentage of owned capital at 30 June for broadacre and\r\ndairy farms run by owner managers. Represented here as a three-year average\r\nthe data shows the farm business equity-value of owned capital less farm\r\nbusiness debt, as a percentage of owned capital. The data has been collected\r\nby annual farm survey interview and is supplemented by information in the farm\r\naccounts.The data is presented at a scale of 25000000. Projection -P Albers\r\nEqual-Area Conic -D WGS84 -m 132 -o 0 -p -18 -p -36 -e 0 -n 0The following\r\nattributes are contained within the dataset; Sd_code a a unique 3 digit code\r\nfor Statistical Divisions (SD), Sd_name a the name of the Statistical Division\r\n(SD),Ratio a the average farm equity ratio for the period 1996-1997 to\r\n1998-1999Less80er a proportion of properties with a farm equity ratio of less\r\nthan 80% for the period 1996-1997 to 1998-1999RSE a the relative standard\r\nerror of the average farm equity ratio for the period 1996-1997 to\r\n1998-1999.Ag_land_ha a hectares of agricultural land use in the Statistical\r\nDivision (SD).Note that metropolitan areas are assigned a value of -99999,\r\nwhilst areas with no data are assigned a value of -88888.\r\n\r\nSee [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_fer__r9aa\r\n__00411a00.xml) for more detail.\r\n\r\n