Persons are regarded as job mobile if they either changed employer/business or changed locality during the previous 12 months.
At February 2004, some 20.5% of employed persons had worked in their current job for less than one year, 50.6% had worked in their current job for between one year and less than 10 years, with 28.8% working for 10 or more years in their current job.
LABOUR MOBILITY, Tasmania - February 2004
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Duration of current job | '000 | % |
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Under 1 year | 42.5 | 20.5 |
| Under 3 months | 13.7 | 6.6 |
| 3 and under 6 months | 12.8 | 6.2 |
| 6 and under 12 months | 16.1 | 7.8 |
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1 and under 2 years | 17.4 | 8.4 |
2 and under 3 years | 18.4 | 8.9 |
3 and under 5 years | 30.2 | 14.5 |
5 and under 10 years | 39.2 | 18.9 |
10 and under 20 years | 38.7 | 18.6 |
20 years and over | 21.3 | 10.3 |
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Total(b) | 207.7 | 100.0 |
. . not applicable
(a) A positive percentage points difference means Tasmania has proportionally more of the workforce in a particular category than Australia.
(b) Estimates have been rounded and minor discrepancies may occur between sums of component items and totals.
Source: ABS data available on request, Labour Mobility Survey and Labour Mobility, Australia (cat. no. 6209.0).
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