6224.0.55.001 - Labour Force, Australia: Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Families - Electronic Delivery, Jun 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 16/09/2005   
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System Requirements
These files are in SuperTABLE format. To use them, you need SuperTABLE on your PC. You can download it free from Space-Time Research at http://www.str.com.au/download/supertable_download.htm (then run the file to install it), or contact your organisation's Information Technology support area.

File Contents
FA4.srd contains data for Australia.

Classifications

Labour force status of parents (husband,
partner, head, wife)		Employed Full Time, Employed Part Time, Unemployed looking for full-time work, Unemployed looking for part-time work, Not in the Labour Force, Participation rate, Unemployment rate
MonthJune each year from 1994
Age of husband or head15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+
Age of wife15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+
Family Type - couple and lone parent by sexOpposite sex couple with dependents; Opposite sex couple without dependents; Same sex couple with dependents; Same sex couple without dependents; One parent family with male parent; One parent family with female parent
Age group of youngest child0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-24
Age group of dependent childrenFamilies with dependents
0-9 only
0-4 only
5-9 only
0-4 and 5-9
10-14 only
15-24 only
0-9 and 10-14
0-4 and 10-14
0-4, 5-9 and 10-14
5-9 and 10-14
10-14 and 15-24
Other
Families without dependents


Standard Errors
Estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are based on information collected from people in a sample of dwellings, rather than the entire population. Hence the estimates produced may differ from those that would have been produced if the entire population had been included in the survey. The most common measure of the likely difference (or 'sampling error') is the standard error (SE).New models for calculating standard errors for these estimates were introduced in August 2005 and apply to estimates from the LFS from November 2002 onwards.

The estimates in this data file are from a sample survey and some estimates may be subject to sampling variability too high for most practical purposes. To annotate an item with a relative standard error of 25% or more, in SuperTABLE, right click in the centre of the table, select annotate cells - standard annotations, and select 'Annotate RSE cut-off values'. See the SuperTABLE reference manual for more information (available from Space-Time Research - see link above).

Additional information on how standard errors for LFS estimates are produced is available in the paper Labour Force Survey Standard Errors, 2005 (cat. no. 6298.0). While this paper does not make reference to standard errors of family estimates, the model provided to calculate standard errors for estimates of employed persons can be used as a suitable proxy. The attached document (free download) also provides the tables to allow the annotation of historical estimates with a standard error of 25% or more.

StandardErrors.xls

Explanatory Information
Explanatory Information about the Labour Force Survey and associated products, including a glossary of terms used and links to related publications, can be found at Explanatory Notes