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Last week, did Person 1 have a job of any kind?
A ‘job’ means any type of work including casual, temporary, part-time or full-time work, if it was for one hour or more.
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Yes, worked for payment or profit
Yes, but absent on holidays, on paid leave, on strike, or temporarily stood down
Yes, unpaid work in a family business
Yes, other unpaid work
No, did not have a job
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Last week, did Person 1 have a job of any kind?
A ‘job’ means any type of work including casual, temporary, part-time or full-time work, if it was for one hour or more.
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Last week refers to the week before Census night – Tuesday 10 August 2021.
People who did some work for which they will receive some payment (including casual, temporary or part-time work) and it was for one hour or more in the last week select the 'Yes, worked for payment or profit' response.
People not working due to a COVID lockdown...
• who worked at all in the four weeks before the current lockdown, select 'Yes, but absent on holidays, on paid leave, on strike, or temporarily stood down'.
• who did not work in the four weeks before the current lockdown, select 'No, did not have a job'.
People on paid leave, for example holiday leave, maternity leave or sick leave, should select 'Yes, but absent on holidays, on paid leave, on strike, or temporarily stood down'.
People who have been on unpaid leave...
• for less than four weeks and are not being paid, select ‘Yes, but absent on holidays, on paid leave, on strike, or temporarily stood down'.
• for four weeks or more and are not being paid, select 'No, did not have a job'.
People who are on workers' compensation and...
• are planning to return to work, select ‘Yes, but absent on holidays, on paid leave, on strike, or temporarily stood down'.
• won't be returning to work, select 'No, did not have a job'.
People working for the dole are considered not to be in paid work and should select 'No, did not have a job'.
People who are casual or freelance workers and...
• worked in the week before Census night, select 'Yes, worked for payment or profit'.
• did not work last week but worked at some stage in the four weeks before Census night, select ‘Yes, but absent on holidays, on paid leave, on strike, or temporarily stood down'.
• did not work in the four weeks before Census night, select 'No, did not have a job'.
People who work from home and...
• get paid, select the appropriate 'Yes' response.
• do not get paid, select 'No, did not have a job'.
Retired people should select 'No, did not have a job'. This also applies to people who have never had a job.
