Labour Force Experience
CONTACT
Assistant Director
Labour Force Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Telephone (02) 6252 6503
Facsimile (02) 6252 7784
DESCRIPTION
This survey provides information over a 12-month period about the employment patterns of the civilian population including duration of employment and time spent looking for work. It includes information about changes to a person's labour force status (employed, unemployed, not in the labour force) during the survey period. Estimates can be cross-classified by standard demographic characteristics such as age, sex, marital status, relationship in family and birthplace.
The survey is a major source of data for analysing the dynamic nature of the labour force. Data are used to develop and assess job training and retraining programs for people, including those with family responsibilities, whose labour force status has changed. Data from this survey are also used to assess immigration needs.
SCOPE
Persons in scope of the Labour Force Survey. Excludes persons aged 70 years and over and persons in non-private dwellings. Since 1997, excludes persons living in some remote and sparsely parts of Australia.
DISSEMINATION
Publication
Labour Force Experience, Australia (cat. no. 6206.0).
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Customised unpublished data are available in a variety of formats.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.
Labour force experience
Time worked during the year (full-time and part-time)
Time spent looking for work during the year
Number of spells of looking for work during the year
Time in/not in the labour force during the year
Time worked with current employer/business
Number of employers/businesses during the year
Whether ceased a job during the year
Whether had an unpaid absence from work during the year
Main activity when not in the labour force
Other selected topics
Occupation
Industry
Educational attainment
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia, States and Territories.
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Two-yearly. Latest survey 1999.
METHOD OF COLLECTION
Monthly Population Survey.
HISTORICAL DATA
First conducted in 1979. It is currently collected every two years. Prior to 1995, the survey was collected annually.
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