6202.0.30.004 - Microdata: Labour Force Survey and Labour Mobility, Australia, Feb 2012

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Contents Introduction Survey Methodology File Structure Using the CURF About the Data Items List Conditions of Use About this Release History of Changes	USING THE CURF ABOUT THE CURF IDENTIFIERS BASIC CURF FILE CONTENTS EXPANDED CURF FILE CONTENTS ABOUT THE CURF The data included in the 2012 Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Labour Mobility Survey, Basic and Expanded CURFs are released under the provisions of the Census and Statistics Act 1905. This legislation allows the Australian Statistician to release unit record data, or microdata, provided this is done “in a manner that is not likely to enable the identification of a particular person or organisation to which it relates.” The ABS ensures the confidentiality of the data by: removing name, address and any other information that might uniquely identify any individual changing a small number of values - particularly unusual values - and removing very unusual records controlling the detail available for all records on the Basic and Expanded CURF excluding some data items that were collected controlling the modes of access to restrict access to more detailed data placing restrictions on how the data are used, supported by both information in the User Manual: Responsible Use of ABS CURFs, the undertaking signed by the head of each organisation and the terms and conditions signed by each user. As a result, data on the Basic and Expanded CURFs will not exactly match other previously published estimates. Any changes to the distribution of values are not significant and the statistical validity of aggregate data is not affected. IDENTIFIERS Each person has a unique random identifier - ABSPID. BASIC CURF FILE CONTENTS The 2012 LFS and Labour Mobility Survey Basic CURF can be accessed on CD-ROM and is available in SAS, SPSS and STATA formats. The CURF comprises the following files: Data files MOB12B.CSV: This file contains the raw confidentialised survey data in hierarchical comma delimited ASCII text format SAS FILE: MOB12B.SAS7BDAT contains the CURF data in SAS format SPSS FILE: MOB12B.SAV contains the CURF data in SPSS format STATA FILE: MOB12B.DTA contains the CURF data in STATA format Information files DATA ITEMS LIST: contains all the data items, including details of categories and code values, that are available on the Basic CURF FORMATS FILE: FORMATS.sas7bcat is a SAS library containing formats FREQUENCY FILES: The following frequency files contain documentation of the person level data. Data item code values and category labels are provided with frequencies of each value. These files are in plain text format. FREQUENCIES_LFSWTD_MOB12B.txt FREQUENCIES_UNWTD_MOB12B.txt FREQUENCIES_SUPWTD_MOB12B.txt IMPORTANT INFORMATION PDF: This PDF describes the contents of the CD-ROM and provides links to supporting CURF documentation. Back to top EXPANDED CURF FILE CONTENTS The 2012 LFS and Labour Mobility Survey Expanded CURF can be accessed on the RADL and ABSDL and is available in SAS, SPSS and STATA formats. The Expanded CURF comprises the following files: Data files SAS FILE: MOB12E.SAS7BDAT contains the CURF data in SAS format SPSS FILE: MOB12E.SAV contains the CURF data in SPSS format STATA FILE: MOB12E.DTA contains the CURF data in STATA format Information files DATA ITEMS LIST: contains all the data items, including details of categories and code values, that are available on the Basic CURF FORMATS FILE: FORMATS.sas7bcat is a SAS library containing formats FREQUENCY FILES: The following frequency files contain documentation of the person level data. Data item code values and category labels are provided with frequencies of each value. These files are in plain text format FREQUENCIES_LFSWTD_MOB12E.txt FREQUENCIES_UNWTD_MOB12E.txt FREQUENCIES_SUPWTD_MOB12E.txt Back to top Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.