1136.0 - Directory of Education and Training Statistics, 2004
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/12/2004
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Education and Work, Survey of
Students at boarding schools are in scope and the survey has an estimate of 10,800 boarding school pupils aged 15 years or more. The only details collected for this group were sex and age. The survey is conducted in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, but since 1997 excludes persons living in certain remote and sparsely settled parts of Australia. The exclusion of these persons only has a minor impact on any aggregate estimates that are produced for individual states and territories, with the exception of the Northern Territory. DISSEMINATION Publication Australian Bureau of Statistics, Education and Work, Australia (cat. no. 6227.0), ABS, Canberra. Data service A range of data is available on request. Release schedule Data is collected in May each year and then published in December. DATA ITEMS Demographic State or territory of usual residence Area of usual residence Region of usual residence Sex Age group Indigenous status Marital status Relationship in household Country of birth Period of arrival in Australia Education Level of highest educational attainment Level of highest non-school qualification Level of highest school educational attainment Main field of highest educational attainment Year completed highest non-school qualification Number of non-school qualifications obtained Labour force Labour force status Status in employment in current job Occupation Occupation of last full-time job Industry Industry of last full-time job Duration of unemployment Study arrangements in previous year Whether attended an educational institution Type of educational institution attended Type of attendance Level of education of study Main field of education of study Status of course of study undertaken Current study arrangements Whether attending an educational institution Type of educational institution attending Type of attendance (full-time/part-time) Level of education of study Main field of education of study Type of school attending (government/non-government) Starters Persons who were not enrolled in a course of study leading to a qualification in the previous year and are currently enrolled in a course of study in the reference period Level and main field of education of current study leading to a qualification Leavers Age at time of leaving full-time education Year last attended an educational institution full-time Time of leaving full-time education Main reason left full-time tertiary education Type of school last attended Labour force status of leavers Unmet demand Whether applied to enrol in an educational institution and type of institution Apprentices Commencement of apprenticeship Industry sector Field of trade GEOGRAPHY Data are available for Australia, each State and Territory, capital city/balance of state (excluding Territories), and may be available for the standard labour force survey dissemination regions within each State. METHOD OF COLLECTION SEW is a supplementary survey to the Labour Force Survey. Information is collected from a responsible adult on behalf of household members. Interviews are conducted over the phone by trained interviewers. The sample for SEW is restricted to no more than seven-eights of the LFS sample and includes approximately 44,000 persons. TIMING OF COLLECTION Reference Period May each year. Frequency of Collection Annual. Historical Data The survey was first conducted in February 1964. The most recent survey was conducted in May 2003, and is scheduled for release in December 2003. Complete data are available from May 1983 to present. Limited data are available from February 1964 to May 1982. Information regarding apprentices was collected for the first time in May 1983. In 2001, the ABS Classification of Qualifications (ABSCQ) was replaced by the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED). The ASCED is a new national standard classification which can be applied to all sectors of the Australian education system including schools, vocational education and training, and higher education. The ASCED comprises two classifications: Level of Education and Field of Education. GO TO CONTENTS OF THE DIRECTORY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING STATISTICS GO TO DATA SOURCES
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