2900.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Understanding the Census and Census Data, Australia , 2016

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Understanding the Census and Census Data How we collected your information Turning your information into Census data + Understanding Census data quality + Understanding the data + Person variables AGEP Age ANCP Ancestry Multi Response ASSNP Core Activity Need for Assistance BPFP Country of Birth of Mother BPLP Country of Birth of Person BPMP Country of Birth of Father BPPP Country of Birth of Parents CHCAREP Unpaid Child Care CITP Australian Citizenship CTGP Child Type (including grandchildren) CTPP Child Type DOMP Unpaid Domestic Work Number of Hours EETP Engagement in Employment, Education and Training EMPP Number of Employees ENGLP Proficiency in Spoken English Language ENGP Proficiency in Spoken English GNGP Public Private Sector HEAP Level of Highest Educational Attainment HRSP Hours Worked HSCP Highest Year of School Completed INCP Total Personal Income (weekly) INDP Industry of Employment INGP Indigenous Status LANP Language Spoken at Home LFHRP Labour Force Status and Hours Worked Not Stated LFSP Labour Force Status MDCP Social Marital Status MSTP Registered Marital Status MTWP Method of Travel to Work OCCP Occupation POWP Place of Work PUR1P Place of Usual Residence One Year Ago PUR5P Place of Usual Residence Five Years Ago PURP Place of Usual Residence QALFP Non-School Qualification Field of Study QALLP Non-School Qualification Level of Education RELP Religious Affiliation RLCP Relationship as Reported for Couples RLGP Relationship in Household (including grandchildren) RLHP Relationship in Household RLNP Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling RPIP Family Household Reference Person Indicator SEXP Sex SIEMP Status in Employment SLPP Sex of Lone Parent STUP Full-Time Part-Time Student Status TISP Number of Children Ever Born TYPP Type of Educational Institution Attending TYSTAP Educational Institution Attendee Status UAI1P Usual Address One Year Ago Indicator UAI5P Usual Address Five Years Ago Indicator UAICP Usual Address Indicator Census Night UNCAREP Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability VOLWP Voluntary Work for an Organisation or Group YARP Year of Arrival in Australia CDPP Community Development Programme Participation Distance to Work National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) Indicators OPGP Homelessness Operational Groups + Family variables + Dwelling variables + Conceptual information About this Release History of Changes	Sex of Lone Parent (SLPP) This variable indicates the sex (i.e. either male or female) of lone parents present in the household on Census night. It is applicable to people who have identified themselves as a lone parent who was enumerated in a private dwelling on Census night. How this variable is created Sex of Lone Parent is a person variable that is created based on responses to the Sex and Relationship in Household questions on the Census Household Form. In a small proportion of cases, responses to Persons Temporarily Absent questions are also used. Images of these questions are provided below. Responses to the question 'Is the person male or female?' were captured automatically from mark box responses on the form so the risk of processing error is minimal. If a form was received but there was no response to the question, Sex was imputed. More information is available in the data quality statement for Sex. Data on the relationships people have with others in the same dwelling is mainly derived from the Relationship in Household question, which asks for each person’s relationship to Person 1 on the form. Variable history Sex of Lone Parent was new for 2011 and has not changed since then. No changes were made for 2016. Non-response rate Non-response rate only applies to data items that directly reflect responses to individual Census form questions. Sex of Lone Parent does not have a non-response rate as it is a derived value created during Census processing for applicable persons. For more information, refer to Understanding Census data quality. Further information A definition of Sex of Lone Parent is available in the 2016 Census Dictionary. For information related to Sex of Lone Parent, see data quality statements for Relationship in Household and Sex. Household form question image Data for this variable are mainly derived from questions 3 and 5 on the Census Household Form: Questions 3, 5 and 53 as they appeared on the 2016 Census Household Paper Form: Question 2 as it appeared on the 2016 Census Household Online Form: Note the instructions for persons who whish to identify as other than male or female. A text only version of the online Census Household form is available from the Downloads tab. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.