6226.0 - Participation, Job Search and Mobility, Australia, February 2018 
Quality Declaration
Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 09/08/2018
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
PARTICIPATION JOB SEARCH AND MOBILITY SCOPE 5 In addition to the LFS scope exclusions, PJSM also excludes students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals, residents of homes (e.g. retirement homes, homes for persons with disabilities), and inmates of prisons. 6 PJSM was conducted in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, but excluded persons living in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. COVERAGE 7 The estimates in this publication relate to persons included in the survey in February 2018. In the LFS, coverage rules are applied, which aim to ensure that each person is associated with only one dwelling, and hence has only one chance of selection in the survey. See Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) for more details. SAMPLE SIZE 8 Supplementary surveys are not always conducted on the full LFS sample. Since August 1994 the sample for supplementary surveys has been restricted to no more than seven-eighths of the LFS sample. 9 This survey is fully based on the sample introduced after the 2011 Census of Population and Housing. For more information, see the Article in the May 2013 issue of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0). RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES 10 Estimates in this publication are subject to sampling and non-sampling errors:
SEASONALITY 11 The estimates are based on information collected in the survey month (February) and, due to seasonality, may not be representative of other months of the year. 12 To reduce the impact of seasonality on the different estimates of labour force status, the estimates have been adjusted by factors based on trend LFS estimates. These factors were applied at the State and Territory, Sex, employment, unemployment and residual Not in the Labour Force levels, based on the trend LFS series as published in the March 2018 issue of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0). This adjustment accounts for February seasonality and irregular effects.
13 Historical estimates re-published in this issue from surveys conducted in different survey months (e.g. March and September) will be subject to different seasonal impacts, which may result in an observable break in series between the historical data and data collected in PJSM. Trend factors have also been applied to these historical estimates to reduce the impact of seasonality on the estimates.
CLASSIFICATIONS USED 14 Country of birth data are classified according to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 2011 (cat. no. 1269.0). 15 Occupation data are classified according to ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, 2013, Version 1.2 (cat. no. 1220.0). 16 Industry data are classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0) (cat. no. 1292.0). 17 Education data are classified according to the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED), 2001 (cat. no. 1272.0). COMPARABILITY OF TIME SERIES 18 The LFS estimates and estimates from the supplementary surveys, (e.g. PJSM) are calculated in such a way as to sum to the independent estimates of the civilian population aged 15 years and over (population benchmarks). Generally, revisions are made to population benchmarks for the LFS following the final rebasing of population estimates to the latest five-yearly Census of Population and Housing. These population benchmarks are updated quarterly based on Estimated Resident Population (ERP) data. However, the estimates from previous supplementary surveys are not normally revised to reflect the latest benchmarks. 19 From August 2015, Labour Force Estimates have been compiled using population benchmarks based on the most recently available release of ERP data, continually revised on a quarterly basis. At the time of publication, this issue's estimates are comparable with the published labour force estimates for March 2018. 20 From this issue (February 2018) onwards, the estimates in this publication will move to regular rebenchmarking to reflect the latest revisions to ERP data and updated trend LFS estimates. 21 Caution should be exercised when comparing results from the 2018 PJSM to previous PNILF, UEW, JSE and LMOB surveys as the populations used in each may not be directly comparable. COMPARABILITY WITH PREVIOUS SURVEYS 22 Care should be taken when comparing the estimates from PJSM with previous years topics as PNILF and UEW were previously collected in September, JSE in July and LMOB was collected in February. Collection of data from this combined survey was undertaken in February. Persons Not In the Labour Force 23 PNILF was first conducted in May 1975 and again in May 1977. From 1979 to 1987 the survey was collected twice a year (March and September). From 1988 to 2013 it was conducted annually in September. 24 Results of previous surveys were published in Persons Not in the Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6220.0); and the standard data service Persons Not in the Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6220.0.40.001) for 1994 and 1995 (available in hardcopy only). 25 For more information on the history of changes to PNILF, see the Explanatory Notes (cat. no. 6220.0). Underemployed Workers 26 UEW was conducted in May 1985, 1988 and 1991. In 1994, the survey became an annual survey and until 2013 was collected each September. 27 Results of previous surveys were published in Underemployed Workers, Australia (cat. no. 6265.0); and the standard data service Underemployed Workers, Australia (cat. no. 6265.0.40.001) for 1994 and 1995. 28 For more information on the history of changes to UEW, see the Explanatory Notes (cat. no. 6265.0). Job Search Experience 29 JSE was conducted annually in July from 2002 to 2013. Results of similar surveys on the job search experience of unemployed persons conducted in July 1984, July 1985, June 1986, July 1988, July 1990, June 1991, and annually from July 1992 to July 2001 were published in various issues of Job Search Experience of Unemployed Persons, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0). 30 Information on persons who had started work for an employer for wages or salary during the 12 months up to the end of the reference week was collected in June 1986 and two-yearly from July 1990 to July 2000 and was published in Successful and Unsuccessful Job Search Experience, Australia (cat. no. 6245.0). 31 For more information on the history of changes to JSE, see the Explanatory Notes (cat. no. 6222.0). Labour Mobility 32 Similar surveys were conducted in November 1972, February 1975, February 1976, annually from February 1979 to February 1992 and biennially from February 1994 to February 2012 and most recently in February 2013. 33 Results of previous surveys were published in Labour Mobility, Australia (cat. no. 6209.0). 34 For more information on the history of changes to LMOB, see the Explanatory Notes (cat. no. 6209.0). COMPARABILITY WITH MONTHLY LFS STATISTICS 35 Due to differences in the scope, sample size and reference period of this supplementary survey and that of the monthly LFS, the estimation procedure may lead to some small variations between labour force estimates from this survey and those from the LFS. 36 For example, PJSM provides data on the main reason for leaving or losing a person’s last job in the previous 12 months, such as retrenchment. PJSM provides a micro analysis understanding of retrenchment dynamics for the Labour Force. To observe the frequency of the number of persons retrenched users should refer to the Labour Force quarterly retrenchment data (see Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly Feb 2016 cat. no. 6291.0.55.003). 37 The ABS underemployment framework uses a threshold (35 hours in the reference week) based on the boundary between full-time and part-time work. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 38 A number of Datacubes (spreadsheets) containing all tables produced for this publication are available from the Downloads tab of the publication. The Datacubes present tables of estimates and their corresponding Relative Standard Errors (RSEs). 39 For users who wish to undertake a more detailed analysis of the data, the survey microdata will be released through the TableBuilder product. For more details, refer to the TableBuilder information, Microdata, Participation, Job Search and Mobility, Australia (cat. no. 6226.0.00.001). For more information see About TableBuilder. 40 Special tabulations are available on request. Subject to confidentiality and sampling variability constraints, tabulations can be produced from the survey incorporating data items, populations and geographic area selections to meet individual requirements. These will be provided in electronic form. All enquiries should be made to the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. NEXT SURVEY 41 This survey is to be conducted next in February 2019. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 42 ABS surveys draw extensively on information provided freely by individuals, businesses, governments and other organisations. Their continued cooperation is very much appreciated: without it, the wide range of statistics published by the ABS would not be available. Information received by the ABS is treated in strict confidence as required by the Census and Statistics Act, 1905. 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