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The 2002 General Social Survey CURF consists of approximately 15,510 unidentified individual statistical records containing data on persons aged 18 years and over living in private dwellings. The data include demographic characteristics, social networks, social participation, volunteering, personal stress, self-assessed health, disability, education attainment, current study, labour force status, employment characteristics, income, assets and liabilities, financial stress, housing tenure, housing costs, victims of crime, feelings of safety, attendance at culture and leisure venues, attendance at sporting events, participation in sport and recreational activities, access to transport, journey to work and use of information technology.
The Basic CURF can be accessed on CD-ROM or via the ABS Remote Access Data Laboratory (RADL). The Expanded CURF can only be accessed via the RADL.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BASIC AND EXPANDED CURFs
As the RADL provides additional protection to the data, the level of detail provided on the Expanded CURF is greater than that on the Basic CURF. The main differences between the Basic and Expanded CURFs are listed below:
Additional Variables on the Expanded CURF:
- 1996 SEIFA index of relative socio-economic disadvantage
- Capital city/balance of state geography
- Type of government pension/allowance
- Teleworking enabled by technology
Additional Detail on the Expanded CURF:
- Age - single years and topcode rather than 5 year groups
- Family type - more detailed classification
- Number of persons and children in household - higher topcodes
- Housing tenure and landlord type - some categories not combined
- Income, mortgage and rent payment - continuous with appropriate topcodes rather than in ranges
- Value of dwelling, equity in dwelling and amount owing on mortgage - continuous with appropriate top and bottom codes rather than in ranges
- Level of non-school qualification and type of educational institution - categories not collapsed
- Hours worked and hours usually worked from home - continuous and topcoded rather than in ranges
- Status in employment - self-employed not collapsed
- Time spent on government support - continuous and topcoded rather than in ranges
- Type of sporting event attended and physical activity participated in - more detailed classification used
GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY, 2002, TECHNICAL PAPER
More information about the CURF is provided in the Technical Paper available below. Information in the Technical Paper was correct at time of publication.
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This page last updated 4 July 2008
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