AVAILABLE SOON


2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
2008 Table Builder
Northern Territory Statistical Training
Publication Release Dates


2008 NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER SOCIAL SURVEY

The 2008 NATSISS collects information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia across a range of areas of social concern. In response to emerging information needs, the objectives of the 2008 NATSISS were expanded to include questions for Indigenous children. The 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) follows on from the 2002 NATSISS and the 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey (NATSIS).

Topics collected include:
Children 0-14 Topics	Income and financial stress
	Health conditions, including disability
	Need for and use of services: child care, employment support, legal
	Participation in cultural activities, festivals, ceremonies, arts, crafts
	Participation in education, training, the labour force
	Lifestyle behaviours: smoking, alcohol consumption, substance use
	Social capital/community connection
	Barriers to service providers
	Housing characteristics: facilities, maintenance, costs.
Adult 15+ Topics	Aspects of Indigenous culture
	Mobility
	Education
	Life events
	Participation in organised sport
	Health: maternal, children aged 0–3 years
	Child care
	Sleeping patterns and nutrition

Products and services:
Expected Catalogue Number	Publication Title
4714.0.55.004	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey: Children 2008 - Preliminary Publication
4714.0	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey - Main Publication
4714.0.55.002	User Guide - survey content, design and operation, quality, output, dissemination, list of data items, and questionnaire.
Call NIRS 1300 135 070 or client.services@abs.gov.au	Special data services on a fee-for-service basis - tables or other output to user specification.
4714.0.55.001	State and Territory Data Cubes
4720.0	Confidentialised Unit Record File (CURF)
4720.0	CURF technical manual
TBA	Community Engagement Materials - summary booklets, State and Territory posters with key results.
TBA	Snapshots - supplementary articles focusing on detailed topics.
4102.0	Feature articles - Australian Social Trends
1383.0.55.001	Feature articles - Measures of Australia's Progress

2008 TABLE BUILDER

2006 Census Table Builder (cat no. 2065.0) is an interactive, web-based product currently under development by the ABS and Space-Time Research. This product will enable you to build Census tables by remotely interrogating 100% of the 2006 Census Unit Record Files (CURF). Census Table Builder will provide full graphing and mapping functionality, and is expected to be released in August 2009.


NORTHERN TERRITORY STATISTICAL TRAINING

Principles of Questionnaire Design will be delivered in the Darwin office over two days on 8-9 September 2009. The aim of this course is to provide participants with an awareness and understanding of questionnaire design principles. The course covers the selection of collection methodologies, developing survey questions, designing questionnaire layout and testing the questionnaire. Please register your interest by filling in the application form.
PUBLICATION RELEASE DATES

Please note some publication dates may change after the publication of this newsletter. Check dates under publications in the next six months.

Catalogue Number	Topic - Title	Release Date
Demographic
3235.0	Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2008	11 Aug
3106.0	Demography News, August 2009	26 Aug
3238.0	Experimental Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 to 2021	8 Sep
3101.0	Australian Demographic Statistics, March 2009	22 Sept
Social
4183.0	Cultural Funding by Government, Australia, 2007-08	28 Aug
4512.0	Corrective Services, Australia, June 2009	17 Sep
4102.0	Australian Social Trends, September 2009	17 Sep
1308.7	Inform NT, September 2009	30 Sept
Economic
8731.0	Building Approvals, Australia, May 2009	1 July
6553.0	Information Paper: Survey of Income and Housing, User Guide, Australia, 2007-08	1 July
8501.0	Retail Trade, Australia, May 2009	1 July
6202.0	Labour Force, Australia, June 2009	9 July
8752.0	Building Activity, Australia, March 2009	15 July
1364.0.15.003	Modellers' Database, March 2009	15 July
1364.0.15.001	Treasury Model of the Australian Economy - TSP Version, March 2009	15 July
6401.0	Consumer Price Index, Australia, June 2009	22 July
8731.0	Building Approvals, Australia, June 2009	30 July
1350.0	Australian Economic Indicators, August 2009	31 July
8501.0	Retail Trade, Australia, June 2009	3 Aug
6416.0	House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, June 2009	4 Aug
6202.0	Labour Force, Australia, July 2009	6 Aug
6463.0	Analytical Living Cost Indexes for Selected Australian Household Types, June 2009	26 Aug
1350.0	Australian Economic Indicators, September 2009	31 Aug
8731.0	Building Approvals, Australia, July 2009	1 Sep
5302.0	Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, June 2009	1 Sep
5206.0	Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, June 2009	2 Sep
8501.0	Retail Trade, Australia, July 2009	9 Sep
8412.0	Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia, June 2009	9 Sep
6202.0	Labour Force, Australia, August 2009	10 Sep
1376.0	Local Government and ABS, September 2009	24 Sep
8731.0	Building Approvals, Australia, August 2009	30 Sep
8501.0	Retail Trade, Australia, August 2009	30 Sep
Geography
1216.0.15.001	Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) - Electronic Structures, 01 July 2009	16 July
1216.0.15.002	Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Concordances, July 2009	16 July
1259.0.30.001	Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Digital Boundaries (Intercensal), Australia, July 2009	16 July
1216.0	Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), July 2009	16 Sep

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