8635.0 - Tourist Accommodation, Australia, Mar 2011 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/06/2011
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QUALITY DECLARATION - SUMMARY TIMELINESS The tourist accommodation collection is conducted quarterly and contains monthly and quarterly information. Data are released approximately three months after the reference period. ACCURACY The survey has consistently high response rates. Over 85% of the core establishments return forms, resulting in less than 8% of takings from accommodation of these establishments being imputed. For further information refer to the Data Quality section of the Explanatory Notes. COHERENCE There are 3 data series produced from the tourist accommodation collection, ie original, seasonally adjusted and trend series. Original series data are available as time series from March quarter 1998, but users should take care when comparing time periods due to changes in scope and geographical classification. Care should also be taken when comparing original data across monthly and quarterly time periods due to the effect of seasonal factors and irregular influences. Takings from accommodation included GST from the September quarter 2000. A break in series due to the inclusion of extra accommodation establishments occurred from June quarter 2003. See Appendix 1, Tourist Accommodation, Australia, December quarter 2003 (cat. no. 8635.0) for impact on hotels, motels and serviced apartments, and the Appendix of Tourist Accommodation, Australia, Expanded Scope Collection, Year ended 31 December quarter 2003 (cat. no. 8635.0.55.001) for caravan parks. INTERPRETABILITY Small area statistics for 2011 are classified to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2010 Edition (cat. no. 1216.0). Regional data are available for States and Territories, Local Government Areas and Statistical Local Areas (SLA). Data are also concorded to Tourism Regions. Tourism Region Maps and Correspondence Files, Australia. Trend and seasonally adjusted data are also available from March qtr 1998 onwards for hotels, motels, and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms/units. ACCESSIBILITY The Survey of Tourist Accommodation publication is available on the ABS website along with time series spreadsheets and data cubes. Time series spreadsheets containing original data are available from 1998 for Australia and state/territory levels from Tourist Accommodation, Australia (cat. no. 8635.0). Data cubes contain a single set of monthly and quarterly data and a 15 month series of trend and seasonally adjusted data at the state and territory level. To ensure provider confidentiality, some data are suppressed in STA outputs and shown as 'np' (not available for publication). Data are more likely to be suppressed at lower geographic levels. Provider confidentiality is a requirement of the Census and Statistics Act 1905, under which the STA is collected. For further information refer to the Confidentialisation of Data section of the Explanatory Notes. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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