6291.0.55.001 - Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery, Monthly, Dec 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/01/2006   
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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. For more information, please see SuperTABLE Help.

File contents

rm2_sep97.srd contains data from September 1997 onwards. Data from September 1992 to August 1997 is available from rm2_sep92.srd.

Data from these two files cannot be combined due to changes in the region classification.

Classifications

SexMale, Female
Geographical AreaDissemination Region
Duration of Unemployment Since Last Full-time Job CategoriesUnder 52 weeks, 52 weeks and under 104 weeks, 104 weeks and over
MonthAll months from September 1997 onwards
Labour Force StatusUnemployed looking for full-time work, Unemployed looking for part-time work, Aggregate weeks unemployed since last full-time job

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 Database 'ABS@ABS', View '2.5.1 Catalogue by Subject', Document 'Labour Force Survey Standard Errors'Labour Force Survey Standard Errors, 2005 (cat. no. 6298.0). 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 Database 'ABS@ABS', View '1.1 Recent Releases', Document 'Labour Force, Australia'Explanatory Notes from 6202.0