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INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATION

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SECTOR OF MAIN JOB

This data item describes whether someone works in the public or private sectors.

This item is not collected in the monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) and is derived from the supplementary survey Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia (EEBTUM, cat. no. 6310.0), which is collected every August from the employees in seven-eighths of the LFS sample

Identifier:		SECTRMJC
Level:		Person
Source:		EEBTUM
Frequency:		Annual (Aug)
Population:		Employees in 7/8th sample
Categories:
0		Not an employee / Not applicable
1		Public sector
2		Private sector
3		Could not be determined / Not collected
99		Not collected / Only collected in August

Related Information

Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia (EEBTUM): Sector of main job (cat. no. 6310.0)
Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods: 16.7 Public/private sector (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001)
Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia (SESCA), 2008 (cat. no. 1218.0)
Census Dictionary, 2011: Public/Private Employer Indicator [GNGP] (cat. no. 2901.0)
Labour Force, Australia: Understanding Labour Force (cat. no. 6202)
Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods: 3. Employment (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001)
Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods: 21.2 Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership (cat. no. 6102.0.55.001)

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