8159.3 - Household Telephone Connections, Queensland, Oct 2003

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Explanatory Notes Glossary Technical Note	Contactable telephone connection A telephone connection that can receive standard telephone calls. Couple A couple family is based on two persons who are in a registered or de facto marriage and who are usually resident in the same household. Couple with dependents Includes couples, whether legally married or in a de facto relationship, living with their child(ren) aged 0–14 years and/or their child(ren) aged 15 years and over. Employed All persons aged 18 years and over who, during the reference week: worked for one hour or more for pay, profit, commission or payment in kind in a job or business, or on a farm (comprising employees, employers and own account workers) worked for one hour or more without pay in a family business or on a farm (i.e. contributing family workers) were employees who had a job but were not at work and were: away from work for less than four weeks up to the end of the reference week; or away from work for more than four weeks up to the end of the reference week and received pay for some or all of the four week period to the end of the reference week; or away from work as a standard work or shift arrangement; or on strike or locked out; or on workers' compensation and expected to return to their job were employers or own account workers, who had a job, business or farm, but were not at work. Household A group of people who live together (in a single dwelling) as a single unit in the sense that they have common housekeeping arrangements, such as common provision for food and other essentials of living. All other households includes any other household not covered in the other household types for example unrelated persons sharing a household. Labour force For any group, persons who were employed or unemployed as defined. Labour force status A classification of the civilian population aged 15 years and over into employed and unemployed as defined. The definitions conform closely to the international standard definitions adopted by the International Conferences of Labour Statisticians. Listed and contactable telephone connection A telephone connection that is both listed in the residential section of Telstra's White Pages directory and is able to receive standard telephone calls. Listed telephone connection A telephone connection that has a number listed in the residential section of Telstra's White Pages directories. Excluded are numbers listed in any other type of directory, for example community directories, business directories such as 'Yellow Pages'. Major Statistical Region (MSR) Brisbane MSR equates with Brisbane Statistical Division while Balance of Queensland MSR equates with the balance of Statistical Divisions in Queensland. Further information may be obtained from Statistical Geography Volume 1 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (cat. no. 1216.0). Mobile phone A telephone using mobile transmission networks rather than a fixed 'landline' telephone connection. Excludes 'portable' or 'cordless' telephones which still operate via a fixed household telephone connection. Not in labour force Persons who were not in the categories employed or unemployed, as defined. They include persons who were keeping house (unpaid), retired, voluntarily inactive, permanently unable to work, persons in institutions (hospitals, gaols, sanatoriums, etc.), trainee teachers, members of contemplative religious orders, and persons whose only activity during the reference week was jury service or unpaid voluntary work for a charitable organisation. Other connections Refers to connections that are listed and not contactable (for example, the listed number may have been solely for a fax machine); as well as connections that are not listed and contactable (for example, in the use of silent numbers); as well as connections which are neither listed nor contactable (for example, numbers used solely for a fax machine which are also silent numbers). Person living alone A person who is the sole member of a household. Person who had use of a mobile phone Any person aged 18 years and over who has use of a mobile telephone. This includes use of a mobile phone supplied by an employer and shared access of a mobile phone. Private dwellings Includes houses, flats, units or apartments; and excludes hospitals, motels, caravans, tents, cabins, houseboats, improvised homes and campers. Single parent households Includes one person, living only with his/her child(ren). Telephone connection A single fixed telephone connection or line with its own telephone number attached. Includes lines which are used partially or totally for fax or Internet connection. Unemployed Persons aged 18 years and over who were not employed during the reference week, and: had actively looked for full-time or part-time work at any time in the four weeks up to the end of the reference week and were available for work in the reference week were waiting to start a new job within four weeks from the end of the reference week and could have started in the reference week if the job had been available then. Usual residents All persons who usually live in the household (i.e. excludes visitors). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.