1301.6.55.001 - Tasmanian Statistical News, Sep 2010
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 07/09/2010
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What can you do? The ABS will be recruiting for the 2011 Census. Recruitment will begin in October 2010 with District Managers' positions in each state and territory. This will be followed by the recruitment of Area Supervisors in February 2011 and then Collectors in April 2011. Information on how to apply for these positions will be in your local paper around these times, and on the recruitment pages of the ABS website. If you work for an agency that may be able to assist the ABS with recruitment, please come and have a chat with our Census team or contact Ruth McArdle, our Census Manager, on (03) 6222 5767. For further information about the Census, have a look at the Census web page or check out our 2011 Census of Population and Housing Local & Regional Engagement Strategy (cat. no. 2911.0.55.001) or the publication Census of Population and Housing: Nature and Content, 2011 (cat. no. 2008.0).
NEWS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE BUSINESS STATISTICS CENTRE Over the last few months, Hobart's Environment and Agriculture Business Statistics Centre (BSC) has been busy with the release of a number of publications on the ABS Website. Sourced from the Agricultural Survey 2009, and following on from the original data released in April, small area data for agricultural commodities (area of production of crops, livestock numbers) have now been released and can be found in Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0). In the form of data cubes, the small area data are reported by Natural Resource Management (NRM) region and also Statistical Division (SD). Further water estimates (i.e. type and area of crops irrigated, water sources, irrigation methods) for additional regions including Murray-Darling Basin, Non Murray-Darling Basin, NRM and SD regions have also now been released in Water Use on Australian Farms (cat. no. 4618.0). As promised in our last issue, VACP (Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced) estimates for 2008-09 were released on 18 June 2010. Published annually, these estimates provide a dollar value for agricultural commodities such as livestock and livestock products as well as crops, fruit and vegetables. Also, the VACP small area data, by NRM and SD regions, have now been released as data cubes. All of this VACP data can be viewed in Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, Australia (cat. no. 7503.0). Keep an eye out for another of our annual publications, Australian Farming in Brief, 2010 (cat. no. 7106.0) which is expected to be published by the end of September. Released as a downloadable pamphlet, it will contain snapshots of Australian farming, including the number of businesses with agricultural activity, land use on farms, major crops, livestock, exports and irrigation activity. The BSC is continuing its publication format review and looking to find out more from data users so that environmental and agricultural data can be more easily used by a wider range of individuals. To make contributions to this review process, phone (03) 6222 5846 or email: agriculture.statistics@abs.gov.au AUSTRALIAN HEALTH SURVEY 2011 - BIGGEST EVER The health of Australians will be getting its most comprehensive check-up ever, with the announcement of the Australian Health Survey to be conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The survey is being planned in close consultation with the Department of Health and Ageing and the National Heart Foundation of Australia. It will include new and better measures of what Australians are eating and how physically active we are. It will also collect other health information, such as whether people have been diagnosed with arthritis or heart disease. In another first, the survey will also measure chronic disease risk factors such as cholesterol levels and blood pressure. The survey will also ask people to consider a visit to a pathology centre so that information on health risks factors can be derived from blood and urine samples. This will give a more accurate picture of the number of Australians with health issues such as high cholesterol, diabetes risk or poor nutritional status. Around 50,000 people across Australia will be asked to take part in the survey, which is planned to start in 2011. Further information is available on The Australian Health Survey home page. NEW HEALTH WEB PAGE The ABS Health and Disability section has put together a new look theme page (accessed through Topics@ a Glance on the ABS website). The page has some fun interactive graphics such as 'If Australia were only 100 people' which shows health data visually, and a BMI man that grows or shrinks as you do. There's a 'Did you know' section with interesting health data grabs, and a 'What's new' section showcasing the latest ABS health publications, such as Mental Health of Young People (cat. no. 4840.0.55.001), and the new Patient Experience Survey publication, Health Services: Patient Experiences in Australia (cat. no. 4839.0.55.001). There's even a link to keep you up to date with the development of the new Australian Health Survey. To see all this, as well as a wide range of ABS and other health-related publications, pay us a visit - and watch this space for the new Disability page coming soon! NEW ABS WEBSITE FEATURES
CHANGES TO ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION RELEASE Six-monthly revisions to Estimated Resident Population
CHANGES TO CURF WEB PORTAL Recently the Microdata Access Strategies Section undertook a project to remediate Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs) titling and visibility on the ABS website. The changes assist users to locate and identify the CURFs and their associated Technical Manuals, Data Item Lists and Information Papers. What has changed? ‘Microdata‘ has been added to the title on all CURF releases which enables users to locate CURFs from all ABS pages including search results retrieved via the Google search engine. Some changes were made to product catalogue numbers to merge related products together. Where this has happened notes have been attached to the ‘About this release page’. Searches on the old catalogue numbers can be conducted using the Google search engine and results should direct users to the correct product. CURF product information can now be searched separately to other ABS statistical information via the 'Statistics' page on the ABS website. A search is possible by catalogue number, release date or topic. Currently we do not recommend using the by title view and would encourage all users to continue their use of the List of Available CURFs page. We believe these changes will help you to locate CURF products with a new level of ease, so please have a look! All feedback is welcome at microdata.access@abs.gov.au NEW RELEASES - - Australian Social Trends (cat. no. 4102.0) The ABS released the latest edition of Australian Social Trends (cat. no. 4102.0) on 30 June 2010. The publication draws together a wide range of statistics from the ABS and other official sources to provide a picture of Australian society and how it is changing over time. The publication is available for free download from www.abs.gov.au/socialtrends. The latest edition features six articles:
The publication shows that:
The release also includes indicator spreadsheets presenting national and state summary data on population, education and other areas. - Measures of Australia's Progress: Regional Data (cat. no. 1370.0) Measures of Australia's Progress (MAP) (cat. no. 1370.0) tries to answer the question: 'is life in Australia getting better?'. The next edition is due for release on 15 September 2010 as a web-based publication. There will be spreadsheets containing the data used in MAP available to download and the state and territory headline indicators data will also be available (where applicable). The publication will also include, for the first time, a slim-line brochure which highlights key information from MAP. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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