8168.0.55.001 - Microdata: Business Characteristics, Australia, 2010-11 to 2014-15 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/03/2019   
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The Business Longitudinal Database (BLD) is designed to facilitate micro level analysis for a panel (cohort) of small and medium businesses over time. It contains information on the characteristics of selected businesses, obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Business Characteristics Survey (BCS), and financial data for these businesses obtained from two sources: i) Business Activity Statements (BAS) provided by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), and ii) import and export data provided by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP).

This release of the BLD Confidentialised Unit Record File (CURF) provides information for the sixth panel of the BLD, which includes five years of data covering the years 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15. Steps to confidentialise the dataset are taken to ensure the integrity of data, optimise its content and maintain confidentiality of respondents. These include removing any information that might uniquely identify an individual business and reducing the level of detail for some items.

The CURF is available via the DataLab, which is an on-site data analysis solution available for authorised users at all ABS sites around Australia. Users should refer to the Microdata Entry Page (www.abs.gov.au - Microdata access) for further information.