| Data items | Populations |
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 | Demographic characteristics | |
| 1 | | State or territory of usual residence | All |
| 2 | | Area of usual residence | All |
| 3 | | Region of usual residence | All |
| 4 | | Sex | All |
| 5 | | Marital status | All |
| 6 | | Relationship in household | All |
| 7 | | Whether household had children aged under 15 | All |
| 8A | | Country of birth and period of arrival | All |
| 8B | | Country of birth (1) | All |
| 8C | | Country of birth (2) | All |
| 9 | | Age group (years) | All |
| 10 | | Age of youngest child in household (years) | All |
| 11 | | Number of children aged less than 15 years | All |
| 11A | | Self assessed health status | 3-15 |
| Partner's demographics | |
| 78A | | Partner' age | All |
| 79 | | Partner's labour force status | All |
| 80 | | Partner's full-time or part-time status in employment | All |
| 80A | | Partner's full-time or part-time status by usual hours | All |
| Education | |
| 12 | | Whether currently studying | 3-15 |
| 13 | | Whether completed primary school | 3-15 |
| 14 | | Level of highest non-school qualification | 3-15 |
| 15 | | Level of highest educational attainment | 3-15 |
| 16 | | Level of highest school educational attainment | 3-15 |
| 17 | | Main field of highest non-school qualification | 3-15 |
| 18 | | Main field of highest educational attainment | 3-15 |
| 19 | | Age and whether attending an educational institution | All |
| Unpaid activities | |
| 20 | | Unpaid activities in last four weeks | 3-15 |
| Labour force characteristics | |
| 21 | | Hours usually worked in all jobs | 2, 10-15 |
| 22 | | Duration of current period of unemployment | 3 |
| 23 | | Status in employment | 2, 10-15 |
| 24 | | Full-time or part-time status in employment | 2, 10-15 |
| 25 | | Full-time or part-time status by usual hours | 2, 10-15 |
| 26 | | Labour force status | All |
| Current main job details | |
| 27 | | Hours usually worked in current main job | 10-15 |
| 28 | | Full-time or part-time status in current main job | 10-15 |
| 29 | | Employment type in current main job | 10-15 |
| 30 | | Occupation of current main job | 10-15 |
| 31 | | Industry of current main job | 10-15 |
| 32 | | Duration of current main job | 10-15 |
| Previous job details | |
| 33 | | Whether had ever worked | 3-9 |
| 34 | | Previous job full-time or part-time | 3-9 |
| 35 | | Time since last job | 3-9 |
| 36 | | Employment type of last job | 3-9 |
| 37 | | Occupation of last job | 3-9 |
| 38 | | Industry of last job | 3-9 |
| 39 | | Hours usually worked per week in last job | 3-9 |
| 40 | | Duration of last job | 3-9 |
| 41 | | Reason for ceasing last job | 3-9 |
| Previous full-time job details | |
| 42 | | Whether had ever held a full-time job | 3-15 |
| 43 | | Whether last full-time job was with same employer as current job | 10-15 |
| 44 | | Whether last full-time job was with same employer as last job | 3-9 |
| 45 | | Time since last full-time job | 3-9 |
| 46 | | Employment type of last full-time job | 3-15 |
| 47 | | Occupation of last full-time job | 3-15 |
| 48 | | Industry of last full-time job | 3-15 |
| 49 | | Hours usually worked per week in last full-time job | 3-15 |
| 50 | | Duration of last full-time job | 3-15 |
| 51 | | Reason for ceasing last full-time job | 3-15 |
| Want to work (more) | |
| 52 | | Whether preferred to work more hours than usually worked | 10-15 |
| 53 | | Preferred number of hours | 5-9, 11-14 |
| 54 | | Whether wanted a paid job | 3-9 |
| 55 | | Preferred length/tenure of job | 5-8 |
| 56 | | Whether would accept a short-term/temporary job | 5-8 |
| 57 | | All reasons for not wanting work/more hours | 9, 15 |
| 58 | | Main reason for not wanting work/more hours | 9, 15 |
| Available to work (more) | |
| 59 | | Whether available to start work/more hours in the reference week | 5, 7-8, 11, 13-14 |
| 60 | | Time until available to start work/more hours | 5-8, 11-14 |
| 60A | | All reasons not available to start work/more hours | 6, 12 |
| 61 | | Main reason not available to start work/more hours | 6, 12 |
| 62 | | Main child care reason not available to start work/more hours | 6, 12 |
| Looking for (more) work | |
| 63 | | Whether looked for work | 3-9 |
| 64 | | Whether looked for more hours | 11-14 |
| 65 | | Looked for full-time or part-time work | 3 |
| 66 | | All reasons not looking for work/more hours | 7, 13 |
| 67 | | Main reason not looking for work/more hours | 7, 13 |
| 68 | | Main child care reason not looking for work/more hours | 7, 13 |
| 69 | | All difficulties finding work/more hours | 3, 8, 14 |
| 70 | | Main difficulty finding work/more hours | 3, 8, 14 |
| Incentives to join/increase participation in the labour force | |
| | Work related incentives | |
| 70A | | | Work a set number of hours on set days | 9A, 15A |
| 70B | | | Vary start and finish times | 9A, 15A |
| 70C | | | Ability to work extra to have time off | 9A, 15A |
| 70D | | | Ability to work part-time hours | 9A, 15A |
| 70E | | | Ability to do some or all of your work from home | 9A, 15A |
| 70F | | | Ability to have breaks at work | 9A, 15A |
| 70G | | | Ability to sit down for some of the time | 9A, 15A |
| 70H | | | Ability to work more hours with the same employer | 9A, 15A |
| | Finance related incentives | |
| 70I | | | Keep more of pay | 9A, 15A |
| 70J | | | Maintain most of any welfare benefits or allowances | 9A, 15A |
| | Child care related incentives (only applies to those with child care responsibilities) | |
| 70K | | | Access to child care places | 9A, 15A |
| 70L | | | Financial assistance with child care costs | 9A, 15A |
| 70M | | | Child care that is open at night and on weekends | 9A, 15A |
| | Caring related incentives (only applies to those with caring responsibilities) | |
| 70N | | | Access to residential or aged care | 9A, 15A |
| 70O | | | Access to in-home respite care or a Community support worker | 9A, 15A |
| | Other incentives | |
| 70P | | | Less paperwork from government support agencies | 9A, 15A |
| 70Q | | | Getting more help from family or friends | 9A, 15A |
| 70R | | | Other incentives | 9A, 15A |
| 70S | | Lowest gross wage per hour that respondent would work for | 9A, 15A |
| 70T | | Whether respondent would return to work if important conditions were met | 9A, 15A |
| Current income details | |
| 71 | | Current weekly gross personal income from all sources | All |
| 72 | | All sources of current personal income | All |
| 73 | | Main source of current personal income | All |
| 74 | | All types of government pension/allowance currently received | All |
| Partner's current income details | |
| 75 | | Partner's current weekly gross income from all sources | 3-15 |
| 76 | | All sources of partner's current personal income | 3-15 |
| 77 | | Main source of partner's current personal income | 3-15 |
| 78 | | All types of partner's Government pensions/allowances received | 3-15 |
| Household income | |
| 81 | | Total gross weekly household income from all sources | All |
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