HOW TO USE THE MATRICES


The Migrant Data Matrices provides users with links to available data on migrants from a range of ABS outputs.

A number of features help to streamline the volume of content and to navigate to the data within this product. These include the Migrant data matrices data cube, the A-Z list of data cubes and the Topic pages.


Migrant Data Matrices Data Cube

The Migrant Data Matrices data cube shows which migrant related data items are available for each of these source products (ABS surveys) and is presented in a number of formats;

• alphabetically
• by survey reference year
• by topic.

Each of the migrant data cubes is represented by a Product name (i.e. column headers in the example table). If data is available for a migrant related data item, a 'yes' appears in the corresponding row of that data item. Where '-' appears in the matrix, the data item was either not collected or, in some cases, is available only upon request. A filter table is also available to quickly select data items of interest, and short-list the corresponding migrant data cubes. You simply click on the Product name to download the data cube of your choice.

	Births 2013	Census of Population and Housing 2011
Country of birth (person)	yes	yes
Country of birth (mother)	yes	-
Country of birth (father)	yes	-
Country of birth (parents)	-	-
Birthplace of Female Parent (Australia or overseas)	-	yes
Birthplace of Male Parent (Australia or overseas)	-	yes
Birthplace of Parents (Australia or overseas)	-	yes
Country of last residence	-	-
Residency status	-	-
Duration of residence	-	-
Year of arrival in Australia	-	yes
Age on arrival in Australia	-	-
Proficiency in spoken English	-	yes
First language spoken as a child	-	-
Main language other than English spoken at home	-	yes
Main language spoken at home	-	-
Languages spoken at home	-	-
Australian citizenship	-	yes
New Zealand citizenship	-	-
Ancestry	-	yes
Religious affiliation	-	yes
Visa category	-	-
Visa applicant status	-	-
Visa location of application	-	-
Selected demographic characteristics	yes	yes
Selected geographic characteristics	-	yes
Selected work and education characteristics	-	yes
Selected economic characteristics	-	yes

A - Z Listing of Migrant Data Cubes

This page provides an alphabetical list of links to all released migrant data cubes - the latest as well as those released in earlier issues.


Matrices by Topic

ABS products are grouped by topic and may appear under more than one topic heading. There are nine topic groups:

• Population Characteristics
• Labour
• Family and Community
• Health
• Education and Training
• Housing
• Personal and Household Finances
• Culture and Leisure
• Crime and Justice.

To obtain detailed information on the contents of any of the nine topic groups, click on the topic in the left hand navigation pane.

To access a data cube for a selected ABS product, go to the column on the left in the table containing the links to the data cubes. To open a data cube, click on it and select either Open or Save in the dialogue box.

To view the Main Features for any of the selected ABS products, go to the column on the right in the table containing the links to data cubes and click the 'Source'. For each product a link is provided. Clicking on this link will take you to the Main Features of the selected publication on the ABS website.

Please note that although data items may have been collected in an ABS product (indicated by 'yes' in the matrix), data may not be available in the data cube due to issues such as sample size and confidentiality. This will be indicated in the data cube with a cell comment indicating that the data is 'not for publication'.