CONDITIONS OF USE
ABS responsibilities
The Census and Statistics Act 1905 includes a legislative guarantee to respondents that their confidentiality will be protected. This is fundamental to the trust that the Australian public has in the ABS and that trust is in turn fundamental to maintaining the quality of ABS information. Without that trust, respondents may be less forthcoming or truthful in answering ABS questionnaires. For more information, see 'Avoiding inadvertent disclosure' and 'Microdata' on the web page How the ABS keeps your information confidential. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS handles any personal information that you provide to us.
User responsibilities
Use of ABS microdata requires individual users to adhere to responsibilities that are defined under Clause 7 of the Statistics Determination 1983 under the Census and Statistics Act 1905. These responsibilities are provided in the microdata Undertaking that is signed by a Responsible Officer of each organisation prior to microdata products being released.
Conditions of sale
All ABS products and services are provided subject to the ABS Disclaimer, ABS Copyright and ABS Conditions of Sale. Any queries relating to these Conditions of Sale should be emailed to intermediary.management@abs.gov.au.
Price
Microdata access is priced according to the ABS Pricing Policy and Commonwealth Cost Recovery Guidelines. For details refer to ABS Pricing Policy on the ABS website. For microdata prices refer to the Microdata prices web page.
How to apply for access
To apply for access to this dataset in the DataLab information on access steps can be found on the lower section of the How to Apply for Microdata page on the ABS website.
Australian Universities
The ABS/Universities Australia Agreement provides participating universities with access to a range of ABS products and services. This includes access to microdata. For further information, university clients should refer to the ABS/Universities Australia Agreement web page.
Citations
Information or data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics must be acknowledged responsibly whenever it is used. Citing, or referencing is important for several reasons, including acknowledging that one has used the ideas, words or data of others. Accurately citing sources used also allows others to find and use the original information. For information on how to cite ABS data please refer to Guide to ABS Sources.
The microdata web pages dedicates space for all submitted citations on our website, from the Published Research Using ABS Microdata web page, this information can assist in two ways: broadening the authors audience and assisting in the decision making process for upcoming use of ABS microdata.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The Microdata Entry page on the ABS website contains links to microdata related information to assist users in understanding and accessing microdata. For further information users should email microdata.access@abs.gov.au or telephone (02) 6252 7714.
For further information about data sources data scope, linking methodology, weighting methodology, data quality see the Explanatory Notes tab. The Data Items List is available from the Downloads tab.
For further information about the Test file see the Test file page. The Test File is available from the Downloads tab.
INQUIRIES
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the ABS Information centre on 1300 135 070 or use the Contact us form. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.
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