2008.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Nature and Content, Australia, 2016

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Preface Introduction Legal authority, confidentiality and privacy Collection operations Processing Results and output Topics to be included in the 2016 Census + Personal topics Name Sex Age Residential status in non-private dwelling Registered marital status Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander origin Usual residence at Census time Internal migration Australian citizenship Country of birth Year of arrival in Australia Country of birth of parents Main language other than English spoken at home Proficiency in spoken English Ancestry Religious affiliation Need for assistance Attendance at an educational institution Highest year of schooling completed Non-school qualifications Number of children ever born Income (individual) Labour force status Status in employment Occupation Public or private employer indicator Workplace address (and Journey to work) Industry of employment Hours worked Method of travel to work Unpaid work + Household and dwelling topics Topic release schedule Census Time Capsule ABS releases information about 2016 Census topics (Media Release) About this Release History of Changes	PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EMPLOYER INDICATOR This topic classifies employed people aged 15 years and over according to whether they were employed in the public sector (Australian, State/Territory or Local Government) or the private sector, in the main job held in the week before the Census. Information on sector of employer, classified by industry and occupation, is required by labour market economists to analyse changes in the labour force. It is used in the analysis of employment by the various tiers of government as well as non-government organisations. Data on public or private employer is obtained from the question on the employer's business name. BACKGROUND A question on institutional sector has been included in one form or another in every Australian Census. Prior to 2006, this topic was a component of a topic named Institutional Sector. The question has undergone some nomenclature changes over recent Censuses. In 2006 and 2011 it was named Government/Non-Government Employer. For the 2016 Census this topic has been renamed Public or Private Employer Indicator. QUESTION The following question is from the paper 2016 Census Household Form. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.