6103.0 - Labour Force Survey Standard Products and Data Item Guide, May 2015
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Concepts and data items: O - S
OCCUPATION OF LAST JOB The occupation of an unemployed person's most recent job, classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) 2013, Version 1.2 (cat. no. 1220.0). Occupation of last job is collected from unemployed people who have worked in the last 2 years. Unemployed people who have not worked in the last 2 years are categorised as those who have never worked before (looking for first job) or those who last worked 2 or more years ago (former worker). These categories are presented as part of the Occupation of last job variable.
ONE PARENT FAMILY See LONE PARENT ORIGINAL SERIES Estimates before the seasonal and irregular impacts have been removed. Residual noise, seasonal patterns and the underlying direction of the series make it difficult to compare original series across different points in time. See also SEASONALLY ADJUSTED and TREND OUTGOING ROTATION GROUP The LFS sample is made up of eight rotation groups of approximately equal size and characteristics. Each rotation group is in the survey for a period of eight months. Each month a new rotation group enters the sample to replace the rotation group that completed its eighth survey the month before. During its eighth and last month in the survey, a rotation group is called the outgoing rotation group. OWNER MANAGER OF INCORPORATED ENTERPRISE (OMIE) A person who operates his or her own incorporated enterprise, that is, a business entity which is registered as a separate legal entity to its members or owners (also know as limited liability company). An owner manager of an incorporated enterprise (an OMIE) may or may not hire one or more employees in addition to themselves and/or other owners of that business. See STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT OWNER MANAGER OF UNINCORPORATED ENTERPRISE (OMUE) A person who operates his or her own unincorporated enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade. An owner manager of an unincorporated enterprise may or may not hire one or more employees in addition to themselves and/or other owners of that business See STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT PARTICIPATION RATE The labour force (unemployed plus employed) expressed as a percentage of the civilian population aged 15 years and over in the same group. See LABOUR FORCE STATUS PART-TIME EMPLOYED Includes employed persons who usually worked fewer than 35 hours a week (in all jobs) and either did so during the reference week, or were not at work in the reference week. See LABOUR FORCE STATUS PART-TIME WORKERS Includes employed persons who usually worked fewer than 35 hours a week (in all jobs) and either did so during the reference week, or were not at work in the reference week. See LABOUR FORCE STATUS PERSONS (‘000) The number of people with described characteristics expressed in thousands. PERSONS NOT IN THE LABOUR FORCE Persons not in the labour force are those people who were not employed or unemployed during the reference week. For detailed description see Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2013 (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001). See LABOUR FORCE STATUS QUARTERLY HOURS WORKED IN ALL JOBS Quarterly hours worked in all jobs is an aggregate of monthly hours worked in all jobs. It shows the total number of actual hours worked by all employed persons in a period of three calendar months. Monthly hours worked in all jobs was previously referred to as aggregate monthly hours worked. For more information about this measure see: Information Paper: Expansion of Hours Worked Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, 2009 (cat. no. 6290.0.55.001).
REASON LEFT OR LOST LAST JOB Unemployed people who have worked in the past two years are classified by whether they left or lost their job. People who provided one of the following reasons for ceasing their last job are categorised as leaving their last job:
People who provide one of the following reasons ceasing their last job are categorised as losing their last job:
REASON FOR UNEMPLOYMENT See REASON LEFT OR LOST LAST JOB REASON NOT IN THE LABOUR FORCE A person's reason for not participating in the labour force. Applicable to people not in the labour force only. People classified as not in the labour force are those people who were not employed or unemployed during the reference week.
REFERENCE WEEK Labour Force Survey information is obtained by interview (with an interviewer or through an online form). Interviews are conducted during the three weeks beginning on the Monday between the 6th and the 12th of each month. Most information obtained relates to the week before the interview, this is referred to as the reference week. The reference week is not output in LFS standard products. It is used as a mechanism to help respondents answer questions appropriately, and as a reference point to determine if a person was available to start work during a discrete period of time. This is important in determining if a person without work is unemployed or if they are not in the labour force. For more information see Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2013 (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001). RELATIONSHIP IN HOUSEHOLD Describes the relationship of each person residing within the same household.
RESIDUAL CATEGORIES AND SUPPLEMENTARY CODES Residual categories in a classification are labelled Not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.), Not elsewhere included (n.e.i.), Other or Miscellaneous. These categories are necessary because although in a classification meaningful categories are created through the application of certain criteria, not all observations can be classified into a homogeneous group, or the size of the observations does not allow them to be separately identified. Supplementary codes (often called dump codes) are used to process inadequately described responses. Not Further Defined codes (sometimes referred to as Undefined codes) are used to process incomplete, non-specific or imprecise responses which cannot be coded to the most detailed level of a classification structure. For example, birthplace responses relating to places which cannot be identified as lying within the boundaries of a country separately identified in the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 2011 (cat. no. 1269.0), but which lie wholly within the boundaries of one of the classification’s Minor Groups, are coded to that Minor Group. It is important to note the distinction between Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC) categories and Not Further Defined (NED) codes. NEC categories are a formal part of a classification’s structure, designed to make a classification complete and exhaustive of all observations in scope. Adequately described, specific responses are coded to NEC categories in instances where a suitable substantive category is not included in the classification. As explained above, NFD codes are designed to facilitate processing by allowing inadequately described or non-specific responses to be coded to a broader level of the classification rather than be lost altogether. NFD codes are not a formal part of the classification. Other supplementary codes are also provided in classifications, for operational purposes, to facilitate the coding of responses to:
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES Seasonally adjusted estimates refer to original data that has had seasonal patterns removed. They contain residual noise and irregular influences that may be present in the underlying data. For very volatile series this makes it very difficult to compare seasonally adjusted movements at different points in time. Seasonally adjusted estimates are revised as new estimates become available. See ORIGINAL SERIES and TREND SERIES SEX Demographic variable describing the male/female classification of the sex of a person
SOCIAL MARITAL STATUS A presence or absence of marriage for any person. The marriage may be registered or de facto.
STANDARD AUSTRALIAN CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES (SACC) See COUNTRY OF BIRTH STATE AND TERRITORY State or territory of usual residence during the reference week. Geographical classifications in standard labour force outputs use the ASGS from July 1991 onwards. Where older time series are presented old classifications are used. These are clearly marked in the outputs. For more information see Information Paper: Regional Labour Force Statistics, 2014 (cat. no. 6262.0). See GEOGRAPHY STATISTICAL AREA LEVEL 4 (SA4) The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) is used to classify geographical areas of Australia for statistical purposes. In the Labour Force Survey, geographical areas relate to a person's usual residence, classified according to the ASGS. The ASGS is constructed of approximately 347,000 mesh blocks covering the whole of Australia. The main structure of the ASGS is a hierarchy of Statistical Areas which are built from whole mesh blocks. Statistical Areas Level 1 to 3 have populations that are too small to support Labour Force Survey outputs. Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s) are the largest sub-state regions. They are specifically designed to perform as the smallest geographical output of Labour Force Survey data. Geographical classifications in standard labour force outputs use the ASGS from July 1991 onwards. Where older time series are presented old classifications are used. These are clearly marked in the outputs. For more information see Information Paper: Regional Labour Force Statistics, 2014 (cat. no. 6262.0). Labour market regions are equivalent to Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s) and are smallest geographical output of Labour Force Survey data. See GEOGRAPHY STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT Status in employment is determined by an employed person's position in relation to their job, and is usually collected in respect of a person's main job if they hold more than one job. Employed persons are classified according to the reported relationship between the person and the enterprise for which they work, together with the legal status of the enterprise where this can be established. The groups include:
Applicable to employed people only.
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