EXPANSION OF AGGREGATE MONTHLY HOURS WORKED
INTRODUCTION
This article introduces the expansion of the newly developed synthetic measures of aggregate monthly hours worked. For information on the methodology used to create these estimates see Information Paper: Expansion of Hours Worked Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, Australia (cat. no. 6290.55.001).
ADDITIONAL MEASURES OF AGGREGATE MONTHLY HOURS WORKED
From the February 2010 issue of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0), the ABS will introduce a new trend and seasonally adjusted measure of aggregate monthly hours worked by full time and part time employment, by males and females.
The ABS will also extend the time series of the aggregate monthly hours worked measures to include the periods from July 1978 onwards to the current period - currently the series is released from July 1985 to the current period.
In addition, from the March 2010 issue of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0), the ABS will introduce a seasonally adjusted quarterly measure of aggregate monthly hours worked based on industry sectors.
Full time and part time aggregate monthly hours worked
The ABS has developed a new measure of aggregate monthly hours worked, that of seasonally adjusted and trend estimates for full time employment and part time employment, by males and females.
The methodology used to create this measure is the same as that used to create aggregate monthly hours worked by sex, released in Information Paper: Expansion of Hours Worked Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, Australia (cat. no. 6290.55.001). However, these estimates may vary slightly from previously published estimates due to the added level of reconciliation required.
This measure will be disseminated in Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) in:
- publication - Table 18 Aggregate monthly hours worked; and
- time series spreadsheets - Table 19. Aggregate monthly hours worked by Sex - Trend and Seasonally adjusted.
Refer to the section
Aggregate monthly hours worked January 2010 in this publication for a layout of the publication Table 18 and the following section
Time series spreadsheet layouts for time series spreadsheets - Table 19.
Quarterly aggregate monthly hours worked by industry sector
The ABS has developed a new seasonally adjusted quarterly measure of aggregate monthly hours worked based on industry sectors. The industry sectors are based on Australian and New Zealand Industrial Classification 2006 and are as follows:
- Market;
- Agriculture;
- Market excluding agriculture (rest of market);
- Non-market;
- Education;
- Non-market excluding education (rest of non-market);
- Total (Market and Non-Market).
This measure is a quarterly flow measure and will be released for the quarters ending March, June, September and December.
The methodology used to create this measure is similar to that used to create aggregate monthly hours worked by sex, released in
Information Paper: Expansion of Hours Worked Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, Australia (cat. no. 6290.55.001).
This measure will be presented on the ABS web site in the
Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) as a time series spreadsheet titled
Table 20. Quarterly measure of aggregate monthly hours worked by industry sector.
Time series spreadsheet layouts
In the February 2010 issue of
Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) there will be changes made to the format of the existing time series spreadsheet released on the ABS web site as
Table 19. Aggregate monthly hours worked by Sex - Trend and Seasonally adjusted to present the expansion of the aggregate monthly hours worked measures.
Refer below for detailed layout of the time series spreadsheet:
Table 19. Aggregate monthly hours worked by Sex - Trend and Seasonally adjusted.
Table 19. Aggregate monthly hours worked |
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| Aggregate monthly hours worked | Series type | Series identification | Series start | Series end | Data type | Frequency |
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| Full time Males | Trend | A3346485V | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Full time Females | Trend | A3346488A | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Full time Persons | Trend | A3346491R | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Part time Males | Trend | A3346486W | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Part time Females | Trend | A3346489C | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Part time Persons | Trend | A3346492T | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Total Males | Trend | A3346484T | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Total Females | Trend | A3346487X | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Total Persons | Trend | A3346490L | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Full time Males | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346476T | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Full time Females | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346479X | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Full time Persons | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346482L | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Part time Males | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346477V | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Part time Females | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346480J | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Part time Persons | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346483R | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Total Males | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346475R | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Total Females | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346478W | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
| Total Persons | Seasonally Adjusted | A3346481K | Jul 78 | Feb 10 | FLOW | Month |
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In addition, in the March 2010 issue of
Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) a new time series spreadsheet will be released on the ABS web site as
Table 20. Quarterly measure of aggregate monthly hours worked by Industry sector.
The existing tables:
Table 20. Labour underutilisation by Age and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original; and
Table 21. Labour underutilisation by State and Sex - Trend, Seasonally adjusted and Original; will be renumbered to Table 21 and Table 22 respectively.
Refer below for detailed layout of the time series spreadsheet:
Table 20. Quarterly measure of aggregate monthly hours worked by Industry sector - Seasonally adjusted.
Table 20. Quarterly measure of aggregate monthly hours worked by industry sector |
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| Aggregate monthly hours worked | Series type | Series identification | Series start | Series end | Data type | Frequency |
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| Agriculture | Seasonally Adjusted | A3539308V | Dec 84 | Mar 10 | FLOW | Quarter |
| Market excluding Agriculture (Rest of Market) | Seasonally Adjusted | A3539305L | Dec 84 | Mar 10 | FLOW | Quarter |
| Market | Seasonally Adjusted | A3539309W | Dec 84 | Mar 10 | FLOW | Quarter |
| Education | Seasonally Adjusted | A3539306R | Dec 84 | Mar 10 | FLOW | Quarter |
| Non Market excluding Education (Rest of Non Market) | Seasonally Adjusted | A3539307T | Dec 84 | Mar 10 | FLOW | Quarter |
| Non Market | Seasonally Adjusted | A3539310F | Dec 84 | Mar 10 | FLOW | Quarter |
| Total (Industry ANZSIC06) | Seasonally Adjusted | A3539311J | Dec 84 | Mar 10 | FLOW | Quarter |
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FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on this article, data supporting the article or the methodology used to construct these estimates, contact Labour Force Estimates on (02) 6252 6525 or e-mail <labourforce@abs.gov.au>.
For more details on the hours concepts collected in the Labour Force Survey and other labour collections, see
Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001).
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