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Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods provides a comprehensive discussion and description of the concepts and definitions underpinning Australian labour statistics and the data sources and methods used in the collection and compilation of these statistics. It explains what the statistics measure, how the various measures relate to each other and how they are produced. It also discusses the factors influencing their accuracy and reliability. On 15 December 2005, the entire publication was re-released. The latest updates are listed below.

CHAPTER	LAST UPDATED
1. Overview of Labour Statistics	15 December 2005
CONCEPTS AND SOURCES
2. Currently Economically Active Population	5 September 2011
3. Employment	15 December 2005
4. Employment Measures and Classifications	1 December 2006
5. Underemployment	10 May 2012
6. Unemployment	1 December 2006
7. Not In the Labour Force	12 April 2006
8. Measures of Underutilised Labour	New Chapter: due for release in late 2012
9. Usually Economically Active Population	15 December 2005
10. Other Measures of the Economically Active Population	15 December 2005
11. Job Vacancies	6 July 2007
12. Employee Remuneration	7 September 2009
13. Industrial Relations	10 May 2011
14. Labour Productivity	15 December 2005
15. Occupational Injuries and Disease	15 December 2005
16. Other Classifications Used in Labour Statistics	15 December 2005
METHODS
17. Overview of Survey Methods	15 December 2005
HOUSEHOLD COLLECTIONS
18. Methods Used in ABS Household Surveys	15 December 2005
19. The Australian Census of Population and Housing	30 March 2006
20. Labour Force Survey	8 February 2006
21. Labour Force Supplementary Surveys	15 December 2005
21.1. Career Experience	9 September 2009
21.2. Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Memberships	24 April 2008
21.3. Forms of Employment	3 September 2009
21.4. Job Search Experience of Unemployed Persons	15 December 2005
21.5. Labour Force Experience	15 December 2005
21.6. Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants	15 December 2005
21.7. Labour Mobility	19 April 2007
21.8. Locations of Work	3 August 2006
21.9. Multiple Job Holders	15 December 2005
21.10. Persons Not In the Labour Force	10 May 2012
21.11. Retirement and Retirement Intentions	15 December 2005
21.12. Retrenchment and Redundancy	15 December 2005
21.13. Successful and Unsuccessful Job Search Experience	15 December 2005
21.14. Underemployed Workers	12 April 2006
21.15. Work Related Injuries	15 December 2005
21.16. Working Arrangements	15 December 2005
21.17. Job Search Experience	15 December 2005
21.18. Child Employment	23 February 2007 New chapter
22. Multi-Purpose Household Survey	3 April 2012
22.1. Barriers and incentives to Labour Force Participation	8 February 2006 New Chapter
22.2. Retirement and Retirement Intentions	3 April 2012
23. Survey of Employment Arrangements and Superannuation	15 December 2005
24. Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns	3 April 2012
BUSINESS COLLECTIONS
25. Methods Used in ABS Business Surveys	15 December 2005
26. Industrial Disputes Collection	15 December 2005
27. Job Vacancies Survey	6 July 2007
28. Survey of Major Labour Costs	15 December 2005
29. Survey of Average Weekly Earnings	15 December 2005
30. Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours	15 December 2005
31. Survey of Employment and Earnings	5 March 2009
32. Labour Price Index	15 December 2005
33. Economic Activity Survey	15 December 2005