MULTIPLE JOBHOLDING
PURPOSE
To collect information about people holding more than one job, the hours worked by multiple jobholders and earnings from second jobs. Information is available on people working in culture and leisure industries and occupations as their main and/or second job.
DESCRIPTION
The survey collected information by personal interview with a sample of people aged 15 years and over living in both rural and urban areas in all States and Territories, as part of the August 1997 Monthly Population Survey. However, people living in remote and sparsely settled parts of Australia were excluded from the Multiple Jobholding Survey. The exclusion of these people has only a minor impact on any aggregate estimates that are produced for individual States and Territories. The survey covered people living in all kinds of dwellings including houses, flats, home units, hotels, motels, hostels, hospitals, caravan parks and educational and religious institutions.
Respondents to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) who fell within the scope of the Multiple Jobholding Survey were asked further questions. In addition to those already excluded from the LFS, students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals and sanatoria, and inmates of prisons are further excluded from all supplementary surveys. This supplementary survey was restricted to persons who stated that they had more than one job in the week before interview and were an employee in at least one of their jobs. The survey also excluded persons who worked solely for payment in kind and contributing family workers.
A subsequent iteration of the Multiple Jobholding Survey was conducted in July 2001 but its results were not released in a publication.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Australia
FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION
Irregular
DATA ITEMS
As the Multiple Jobholding survey was conducted as part of the Monthly Population Survey in an August all of the data items shown in the Labour force entry in this directory, including occupation and industry of employment in main job, are available for analysis alongside the data items shown below.
Number of persons
The number of persons in Australia aged 15 years or more.
Status in employment
The status in employment in the main job and second job held in the reference week (the week before interview). The categories are:
Employer
Own account worker
Employee
Full-time or part-time
Whether works full-time or part-time in all jobs and/or in the main job.
Permanent or casual in main job
Whether a permanent or casual employee in the main job.
Size of location, main job
The number of employees at the location of the main job, in ranges (e.g. 20 to 99 employees).
Sector of main job
Whether the main job is in the public sector, private sector or the sector could not be determined.
Hours worked
Hours worked in the main job, second job and all jobs, in ranges (e.g. 30 to 34 hours).
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings in the main job, second job and all jobs, in ranges (e.g. $120 and under $160).
Occupation of main job
Occupation in the main job, classified according to the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO), second edition, to the 4 digit level. See ASCO codes related to culture and leisure for further details.
Industry of main job
Industry of employer in the main job, classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 1993, to the 3 digit level. See ANZSIC codes related to culture and leisure for further details.
Occupation of second job
Occupation in the second job, classified according to the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO), second edition, to the 4 digit level. SeeASCO codes related to culture and leisure for further details.
Industry of second job
Industry of employer in the second job, classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 1993, to the 3 digit level. See ANZSIC codes related to culture and leisure for further details.
HISTORICAL DATA
The survey was first conducted in November 1965 then regularly every second year from August 1973 until August 1987. After that it was conducted in July 1991, August 1994 and August 1997. Data from a subsequent survey conducted in July 2001 was not published but is available on request. The survey is currently under review and its future is uncertain.
DISSEMINATION
Publications
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1998, Multiple Jobholding, Australia, August 1997, Cat. no. 6216.0, ABS, Canberra. Price $18.00. Also available for August 1987 and July 1991.
Other
Data from the July 2001 Multiple Jobholding Survey is available on request.
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1995, Multiple Jobholding, Australia, August 1994, Cat. no. 6216.0.40.001, ABS, Canberra. Price $17.50. (Data report.)
National Sport and Recreation Industry Database and Directory (NSRIDD).
CONTACT
In the first instance, refer to To obtain data or further information in the Introduction to this directory.
Multiple Jobholding Contact Officer
Monthly and Multipurpose Population Surveys
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 7671
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 7784
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
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