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Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation - release of results

The results of the 2007 Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation have been released, with information about the diversity of working arrangements in Australia, the way that people balance work and caring responsibilities, retirement plans and expectations, and superannuation coverage across Australia.

The summary publication, Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation, Australia (cat. no. 6361.0), was released on 7 November 2008 and a suite of related products has now been released:
• An expanded Confidentialised Unit Record File (cat. no. 6361.0.55.001);
• A user guide to the survey (cat. no. 6361.0.55.002);
• A set of state tables (cat. no. 6361.0.55.003); and
• A set of datacubes (cat. no. 6361.0.55.004).

Analysis of the Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation Confidentialised Unit Record File will feature in a special issue of The Australian Journal of Labour Economics. The Journal has called for papers for the issue, which will be published early next year. For more information please refer to the Labour Noticeboard on the Labour Theme page of the ABS website.

An article on retirement intentions has already been included in the January 2009 issue of Australian Labour Market Statistics (cat. no. 6105.0), utilising the results of the survey. Two further articles are intended for the April 2009 edition, one on working arrangements used to care for children and the other on job flexibility.

The Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation brings together wide range of topics relating to work and the labour market. These include:
• demographics and housing;
• education;
• employment;
• income, including sources of income;
• working patterns and preferred working arrangements;
• job stability and flexibility;
• contract work;
• home-based work;
• time stress;
• retirement and retirement intentions;
• previous employment;
• superannuation;
• caring responsibilities; and
• working arrangements used for caring responsibilities.

Another advantage of this survey is that all respondents were interviewed individually rather than using the 'any responsible adult' approach used in the Labour Force Survey and its supplementary surveys.

The Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation follows on from the Survey of Employment Arrangements and Superannuation conducted in 2000. An appendix comparing the results of the 2007 survey with the 2000 survey is included in the summary publication (cat. no. 6361.0).

For more information please contact us on (02) 6252 7206 or email labour.statistics@abs.gov.au