1288.0 - Standards for Labour Force Statistics, 1996

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/11/1996

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Contents >> Duration of Unemployment >> Classification and coding

THE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

11. The criteria used in classifying units in the classification is completed weeks.

THE STANDARD CLASSIFICATION

12. The standard classification is a flat classification:

	Under 2 weeks
	2 weeks and under 4 weeks
	4 weeks and under 8 weeks
	8 weeks and under 13 weeks
	13 weeks and under 26 weeks
	26 weeks and under 39 weeks
	39 weeks and under 52 weeks
	52 weeks and under 65 weeks
	65 weeks and under 78 weeks
	78 weeks and under 91 weeks
	91 weeks and under 104 weeks
	104 weeks and over

All data are converted to and stored in whole weeks for any duration of unemployment. (N.B. less specific dates are collected for longer durations so the weeks' calculation get 'grainier'. Durations of less than 2 years are converted to weeks from a specific date dd/mm/yy. Durations of 2 years to less than 5 years are converted to weeks from mm/yy and durations of 5 years or more ago are converted to weeks from yy only)

THE CODE STRUCTURE

13. The code structure of the classification is:

	1	Under 2 weeks
	2	2 weeks and under 4 weeks
	3	4 weeks and under 8 weeks
	4	8 weeks and under 13 weeks
	5	13 weeks and under 26 weeks
	6	26 weeks and under 39 weeks
	7	39 weeks and under 52 weeks
	8	52 weeks and under 65 weeks
	9	65 weeks and under 78 weeks
	10	78 weeks and under 91 weeks
	11	91 weeks and under 104 weeks
	12	104 weeks and over

All data are converted to and stored in whole weeks for any duration of unemployment. (N.B. less specific dates are collected for longer durations so the weeks' calculation get 'grainier'. Durations of less than 2 years are converted to weeks from a specific date dd/mm/yy. Durations of 2 years to less than 5 years are converted to weeks from mm/yy and durations of 5 years or more ago are converted to weeks from yy only)

SCOPE OF THE VARIABLE

14. The variable Duration of Unemployment is applicable to all unemployed persons. For definition of 'unemployed' see paragraph 9 of Labour Force Framework, Underlying Concepts.