Permanent and long term departures from Australia, 1986

The intention of this study was to focus on the characteristics of those people leaving Australia for a long time, or permanently, and to determine what Australia would lose in terms of human resources by their departure. Topics covered included reasons for leaving Australia, and attitudes to life in Australia, expectations of life overseas, employment status and ownership of businesses, monetary resources being taken out of Australia, and if the respondent had previously been a migrant to Australia, a rating of the success of their stay in Australia. Background variables include sex, marital status, age, country of birth and citizenship, occupation, usual state of residence while in Australia and length of time spent there.