4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 1994

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Contents >> Work >> Definitions and references

Definitions and references

Average hours worked per week by full-time workers - average hours worked, including overtime, by full-time workers (as defined) during the survey reference week. The hours are those stated by survey respondents and are not necessarily the hours paid for.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6203.0)

Average weekly hours paid overtime per employee - total overtime hours paid for divided by the total number of employees (as defined), including those who were not paid for any overtime. Overtime is time worked in excess of award, standard or agreed hours of work for which payment is received. Figures are the annual average of quarterly figures.

Reference: Job Vacancies and Overtime, Australia (

cat. no.

6354.0)

Discouraged jobseekers - people who wanted to work and who were available to start work within four weeks but whose main reason for not taking active steps to find work was that they believed they would not be able to find a job for reasons of: age; language or ethnicity; schooling; training; skills or experience; no jobs in their locality or line of work; or they considered that there were no jobs at all available.

Reference: Persons Not in the Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6220.0)

Employed - persons aged 15 years and over who worked during the reference week for pay, profit, commission, payment in kind or without pay in a family business, or who had a job but were not at work.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Employees - employed persons (as defined) who work for wages or salary in the reference period.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Employment/population ratio - the number of employed persons (as defined) in a group expressed as a proportion of the civilian population in the same group.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Full-time workers - employed persons (as defined) who usually worked 35 hours a week or more and others who, although usually working less than 35 hours a week, worked 35 hours or more during the reference week.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Labour force - all persons aged 15 years and over who, during the reference week, were employed or unemployed (as defined).

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Long-term unemployed - people unemployed (as defined) for 52 weeks or longer.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Manufacturing industries - the manufacturing division of the Australian Standard Industrial Classification (cat. no. 1201.0).

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Median duration of unemployment - the period of unemployment at which half of the unemployed (as defined) had been unemployed for more weeks and half had been unemployed for fewer weeks.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Participation rate - for any group, the labour force (as defined) expressed as a percentage of the civilian population in the same group.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Part-time employed - employed persons (as defined) who usually worked less than 35 hours a week and who did so during the reference week.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Part-time employed who want more hours - part-time employed (as defined) who indicated they would prefer to work more hours.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Service industries - the combination of the following divisions of the Australian Standard Industrial Classification: wholesale and retail trade; transport and storage; communication; finance, property and business services; public administration and defence; community services; and recreation, personal and other services.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Trade unionisation rate - the number of employees (as defined) with membership in a trade union in connection with their main job divided by total employees.

Reference: Trade Union Members, Australia (

cat. no.

6325.0)

Unemployed - persons aged 15 years and over who were not employed (as defined) during the reference week, but who had actively looked for work and were available to start work.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Unemployment/population ratio - the number of unemployed persons (as defined) in any group, expressed as a proportion of the civilian population in the same group.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Unemployment rate - the number unemployed (as defined) expressed as a proportion of the labour force (as defined). Separate rates may be calculated for sub-groups of the population.

Reference: The Labour Force, Australia (

cat. no.

6203.0)

Working days lost due to industrial disputes - total working days lost by employees (as defined) due to industrial disputes during the year.

Reference: Industrial Disputes, Australia (

cat. no.

6322.0)

Youth - aged 15-19 years.