Job Search Experience of Unemployed Persons
CONTACT
Assistant Director
Labour Force Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Telephone (02) 6252 6504
Facsimile (02) 6252 7784
DESCRIPTION
This survey provides information on the job search experience of unemployed people. It covers information on two key aspects: steps taken to find work and barriers to obtaining work. The publication includes information on duration of unemployment by reason, educational attainment and main field of study. Estimates can be cross-classified by standard demographic characteristics such as age, sex, marital status, relationship in family and birthplace.
Data from this survey are used to assess labour market trends and to develop policies and programs aimed at helping unemployed people, including those with family responsibilities, in their transition to work.
SCOPE
Persons in scope of the Labour Force Survey (Labour Force) who are unemployed, except those who were waiting to be called back to a full-time or part-time job from which they had been stood down without pay for less than four weeks. Excludes persons in non-private dwellings. Since 1997, excludes persons living in some remote and sparsely settled parts of Australia.
DISSEMINATION
Publication
Job Search Experience of Unemployed Persons, Australia (cat no. 6222.0).
Data Service
Customised unpublished data are available in a variety of formats.
Data Details
Data are available at person level only.
Standard demographic, family and labour force information as for the Labour Force Survey.
Job search experience
All difficulties and main difficulty in finding work
Reason for ceasing last full-time job (includes return to studies)
Whether would move intrastate/interstate if offered a suitable job
Number of offers of employment in the previous 12 months
Time spent looking for work in the previous 12 months
Other selected topics
Occupation
Industry
Usual gross weekly pay of last full-time job
Education
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia, States, Territories and Labour Force Statistical Regions within each State.
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
This survey has been conducted annually since 1976, except in 1987 and 1989.
METHOD OF COLLECTION
Monthly Population Survey.
HISTORICAL DATA
Comparisons among the surveys are possible.
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