6220.0 - Persons Not in the Labour Force, Australia, Sep 2007 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/03/2008   
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APPENDIX 1 POPULATIONS AND DATA ITEMS LIST


DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

The ABS has a range of data available on request from the Persons Not in the Labour Force Survey. This section lists the data items and populations which relate to the survey. More detailed breakdowns of some data items may also be available on request.


The population(s) for a particular data item refers to the person in the survey to whom the data item relates.


For more information about ABS data available on request, contact Tracey Chester on Canberra (02)6252 5609, or by facsimile on (02)6252 5066, or by email to <tracey.chester@abs.gov.au>.



Population 1:

Persons not in the labour force


Population 2:

Persons not in the labour force who wanted to work


Population 3:

Persons not in the labour force with marginal attachment to the labour force


Population 4:

Persons not in the labour force who wanted to work but were not actively looking for work and were available to start work within four weeks


Population 5:

Persons not in the labour force who were discouraged job seekers


Population 6:

Persons not in the labour force who wanted to work but were not actively looking for work and were not available to start work within four weeks


Population 7:

Persons not in the labour force because they were caring for children, who wanted to work but not actively looking for work


Population 8:

Persons not in the labour force who previously had a job


Population 9:

Persons not in the labour force without marginal attachment to the labour force


Population 10:

Persons not in the labour force whose last job was less than twenty years ago

Data items Populations

1 State or territory of usual residence All
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
Australian Capital Territory
2 Area of usual residence All
State capital city
Balance of state/territory
3 Region of usual residence All
Standard labour force dissemination regions
4 Sex All
Males
Females
5 Marital status All
Married
Not married
6 Relationship in household All
Family member
Husband, wife or partner
With dependants
Without dependants
Lone parent
With dependants
Without dependants
Dependent student
Non-dependent child
Other related individual
Non-family member
Lone person
Not living alone
Relationship not determined
7A Country of birth of person and year of arrival in Australia All
Born in Australia
Born overseas
Arrived before 1971
Arrived 1971-1980
Arrived 1981-1990
Arrived 1991-2000
Arrived 2001 to survey date
7B Country of birth of person All
Born in Australia
Born overseas
Oceania and Antarctica
North-West Europe
Southern and Eastern Europe
North Africa and the Middle
East
South-East Asia
North-East Asia
Southern and Central Asia
Americas
Sub-Saharan Africa
7C Country of birth of person (MESC) All
Born in Australia
Born overseas
Born in main English-speaking countries
Born in other than main English-speaking countries
8 Age group (years) All
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70 and over
9A Persons not in the labour force summary variable 1, 8, 10
With marginal attachment to the labour force
Wanted to work and were actively looking for work
Were available to start work within four weeks
Were not available to start work within four weeks
Wanted to work but were not actively looking for work and were available to start work within four weeks
Discouraged job seekers
Other
Without marginal attachment to the labour force
Wanted to work but were not actively looking for work and were not available to start work within four weeks
Did not want to work
Permanently unable to work
9B Marginal attachment summary variable 3
Wanted to work and were actively looking for work
Were available to start work within four weeks
Were not available to start work within four weeks
Wanted to work but were not
actively looking for work and
were available to start work
within four
weeks
Discouraged job seekers
Other
10 Whether wanted to work 1, 8, 10
Wanted to work
Might want to work
Did not want to work
Did not know
11 Whether looked for work in the last 12 months All
Had looked for work
Less than 5 weeks ago
5 weeks and less than 8 weeks ago
8 weeks and less than 13 weeks ago
13-52 weeks ago
13 weeks and less than 26 weeks ago
26 weeks and less than 39 weeks ago
39-52 weeks ago
Had not looked for work
12 Main activity when not in the labour force All
Retired or voluntarily inactive
Home duties or caring for children
Attending an educational
institution
Own long-term health condition or
disability
Own short-term illness or injury
Looking after ill or disabled person
Travel, holiday or leisure activity
Working in unpaid voluntary job
Other
13A Time since last job All
Had a job
Under 12 months
1 week and under 4 weeks
4 weeks and under 8 weeks
8 weeks and under 13
weeks
13 weeks and under 26 weeks
26 weeks and under 39 weeks
39 weeks and under 52 weeks
1 year and under 3 years
3 years and under 10 years
3 years and under 5 years
5 years and under 10 years
10 years or more
10 years and under 20
years
20 years or more
Never had a job
13B Whether had a job in the last 20
years
All
Had a job
Last job less than 20 years ago
Last job 20 or more years ago
Never had a job
14 Reason for ceasing last job All
Had a job
Job loser
Retrenched, made redundant, employe
went out of business,
dismissed, no work was
available
Job was temporary or seasonal
Own short-term illness or injury
Own business closed down for economic reasons
Job leaver
Unsatisfactory work arrangements
Retired, did not work any longer
Own long-term health condition or disability
Returned to studies
Pregnancy or to have
children
To get married
To look after family, house or someone else
To have holidays, moved house or spouse
transferred
Own business closed down for other than economic reasons
Other
Never had a job
15 Occupation in last job All
Last job less than 20 years ago
Managers
Professionals
Technicians and trades workers
Community and personal service
workers
Clerical and administrative workers
Sales workers
Machinery operators and
drivers
Labourers
Last job 20 or more years ago
Never had a job
16A Status in employment in last job (1) All
Last job less than 20 years ago
Employer
Own account worker
Employee
Contributing family worker
Unpaid voluntary worker
Last job 20 or more years ago
Never had a job
16B Status in employment in last job (2) All
Last job less than 20 years ago
Employee
Own account worker/Employer
Other
Last job 20 or more years ago
Never had a job
17 Full-time or part-time status in last
job
All
Last job less than 20 years ago
Full-time
Part-time
Varied/Did not know
Last job 20 or more years ago
Never had a job
18A Intention to enter the labour force All
Intended to enter the labour force
Might enter the labour force
Did not intend to enter the labour force
Did not know
Permanently unable to work
Not applicable (full-time student)
18B Intention to enter the labour force in the next 12 months All
Intended to enter the labour force in the next 12 months
Might enter the labour force in the next 12 months
Did not intend to enter the labour force in the next 12 months
Did not know
Permanently unable to work
19 Full-time or part-time preference 2-7
Full-time
Part-time
No preference
Undecided
20 Main reason for not actively looking for work 3
Wanted to work and were actively looking for work
Were available to start work within four weeks
Were not available to start work within four weeks
Wanted to work but were not actively looking for work and were available to start work within four weeks
Discouraged job seekers
Considered too young by employers
Considered too old by employers
Lacked the necessary schooling, training, skills or experience
Difficulties because of language or ethnic background
No jobs in locality or line of work
No jobs at all
Other reasons
Personal reasons
Own short-term illness or injury
Own long-term health condition or disability
Pregnancy
Attending an educational institution
Had no need to work
Welfare payments or pension may be
affected
Moved house or holidays
Family reasons
Ill health of other than
self
Caring for children
No child care in
locality
No child care
available at all
Cost or too
expensive
Booked out or no places available
Children too young or too old
Prefers to look after children
Quality of child care unsuitable
Other reasons
Other family
considerations
No jobs in suitable hours
Other reasons
Had a job to go to
Did not know
21 All reasons for not actively looking for work 4
Discouraged job seekers
Considered too young by
employers
Considered too old by
employers
Lacked the necessary
schooling, training, skills or
experience
Difficulties because of language or ethnic background
No jobs in locality or line of
work
No jobs at all
Other reasons
Personal reasons
Own short-term illness or injury
Own long-term health condition or disability
Pregnancy
Attending an educational institution
Had no need to work
Welfare payments or pension may be affected
Moved house or holidays
Family reasons
Ill health of other than self
Caring for children
Other family considerations
No jobs in suitable hours
Other reasons
Had a job to go to
Did not know
22 Main reason not working due to caring for children 7
No child care in locality
No child care available at all
Cost or too expensive
Booked out or no places available
Children too young or too old
Prefers to look after children
Quality of child care unsuitable
Other child care reasons
23A Main reason not available to start work within four weeks 6
Personal reasons
Own short-term illness or injury
Own long-term health condition or disability
Pregnancy
Studying or returning to studies
Moved house or holidays
Family reasons
Ill health of other than self
Unable to find suitable child
care
Children too young or preferred to look after children
On a job-related training program
Other reasons
23B All reasons not available to start work within four weeks 6
Personal reasons
Own short-term illness or injury
Own long-term health condition or disability
Pregnancy
Studying or returning to studies
Moved house or holidays
Family reasons
Ill health of other than self
Caring for children
On a job-related training program
Other reasons
24 Age of youngest child 7
0-2 years
3-4 years
5 years
6-9 years
10-12 years
25 Number of children 7
Aged 0-2 years
Aged 3-4 years
Aged 5 years
Aged 6-9 years
Aged 10-12 years
26 Full-time study status
(15-24 year olds)
All
Was a full-time student
Was not a full-time student
Did not know