Year 2000 Survey

NAME OF ORGANISATION
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

OVERVIEW
The survey collected information about the Year 2000 problem and the reactions of Australian business to that issue. It helped to determine the Year 2000 status of Australian business at the end of June 1999. The scope of the survey was all private sector businesses in all industries, excluding agriculture, and all public sector businesses in the electricity, gas and water supply industries. The survey excluded those businesses which were not employing. The main output was the proportion of businesses taking action on the Year 2000 problem at industry, state and business size levels.

PURPOSE
The purpose of the survey was to provide some benchmark data on the status of Year 2000 preparedness and activity within Australian business as at June 1999. This enabled identification of areas which were lagging in becoming prepared and may have been at risk of being affected by the Year 2000 problem.

SCOPE
All private sector employing businesses on the Business Register in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 1993, divisions B to Q but excluding division M. All public sector employing business on the Business Register in ANZSIC division D.

DATA DETAIL

Conceptual framework
Not applicable

Main outputs
Main outputs were :
Proportion of businesses addressing the Year 2000 problem by industry, state and size
Expected completion date of Year 2000 work
Cost of Year 2000 work
Development of contingency plans
Supplier/customer assurances of Year 2000 readiness
Technology dependence

Classifications
Industry - ANZSIC division
Size (based on employment) : 0-4(micro), 5-19(other small), 20-199(medium), 200 or more(large)
State

Other concepts (summary)
Not applicable

GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
ACT

Comments and/or Other Regions
State/territory lowest level of data availability

COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Adhoc

Frequency comments
This will be the final iteration of the survey

COLLECTION HISTORY
Not applicable

DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes