4363.0 - National Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2014-15
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LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS
For the majority of employment related items, data relate to the respondent's main job. For respondents who had more than one job at the time of the interview, main job was defined as the paid job in which they usually worked the most hours. Population Information was obtained for persons aged 15 years and over in the 2014-15 NHS. Methodology Labour force data was used in cross-tabulations for the National Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15 and Health Service Usage and Health related Actions, Australia, 2014-15 based on a sample of 15,396 people aged 15 years and over. Information was collected using the short-form version of the questions used in the ABS Monthly Labour Force Survey. Labour force status
Status in employment This item refers to a respondent's position in relation to the main employment (job) in the enterprise in which they work. Output categories are:
Working arrangements This item refers to the working or payment arrangements of the respondent in their current main job. Data are recorded as reported by respondents against the following categories:
The output data item does not include unpaid voluntary work, as people who respond to this category are not considered employed. Occupation For this survey, occupations have been classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), Version 1.2, 2013 (cat. no. 1220.0). An occupation is a collection of jobs that are sufficiently similar in their title and tasks, skill level and skill specialisation, which have been grouped together for the purposes of classification. An occupation code was assigned, based on the description of the type of work performed by the respondent in their main job. An output item has also been included for occupations classified to the ANZSCO 2009. The major groups of occupations according to ANZSCO are:
For most output purposes, occupation is classified to these eight major groups or to sub-major group level (see Appendix 3: ABS Standard Classifications of this Users' Guide). Industry of employment For this survey, industry of main job was office coded to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0) (cat. no.1292.0) based on the description provided by the respondent of the business or activity carried out by their business/employer, and the name of the business/employer. Industry was classified to the 3 digit Group level of the ANZSIC, and details can be made available at this level on request, although for many groups observations in the survey are relatively few, and therefore the reliability of that data would be significantly reduced. For most output purposes, industry is classified to the following divisions:
For more details on ABS standard classifications used in the 2014-15 NHS, see Appendix 3: ABS Standard Classifications of this Users' Guide. Industry sector This item was coded for respondents who were wage and salary earners, or owners of a limited liability company in their main job, and refers to the sector (public or private) in which their business/employer operates.
Hours worked Refers to reported hours usually worked (in all jobs) per week by persons currently employed. Hours in single units are recorded and are available for output. Standard groupings of hours are:
For the 2014-15 NHS the continuous variable is a 2-digit item. Type of shift work Recorded for employed persons who reported doing any shift work in their main job, in the 4 weeks prior to interview. Categories available are:
Reason absent from work For employed respondents who identified that they were not at work in the week prior to interview, the reason they were absent was asked. Categories available are:
Duration of unemployment Derived for persons classified as unemployed at the time of the survey. To collect data for the items related to duration of unemployment respondents were asked to provide the date they began looking for work, and date they last worked for at least 2 weeks in a job of 35 hours or more a week. The format of the date was dependent on how long ago this date was and some date components were standardised as follows:
Duration of unemployment refers to the period from the time a person began looking for work or was stood down, to the date of interview. For persons who began looking for work while still employed, the item refers to the period from the time the person last worked full-time for two weeks or more until the date of interview. The item is a continuous variable, measured in completed weeks. For standard output, periods are grouped as follows:
Long-term unemployment is defined as unemployment for a period of 52 weeks or more. Information on 'Number of weeks since last worked full-time' is also available separately for persons classified as unemployed. Defence Force Service Respondents were asked whether they had ever served in the Australian Defence Force and were classified as:
Data items The questionnaire, data items and related output categories for this topic are available in pdf/Excel spreadsheet format from the Downloads page of this product. Interpretation Points to be considered in interpreting this topic include the following:
Comparability with 2011-12 In 2011-12, information about labour force characteristics was collected in both the NHS and the NNPAS surveys (i.e. the AHS Core). Labour force characteristics data are considered directly comparable between the 2014-15 NHS and 2011-13 AHS. When making comparisons between 2014-15 and 2011-12 data it is recommended that:
Some minor wording changes were made to the 'Looking for work' questions in the 2014-15 NHS in order to reflect standards. This should be considered when comparing these data items:
In the 2014-15 NHS, the 'Shift work' questions were asked before the 'Looking for work' questions, whereas in the 2011-13 AHS, the 'Shift work' questions were asked after the 'Looking for work' questions. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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