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APPENDIX POPULATIONS

DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

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Population 1

Civilian population aged 15 years and over

Population 2

Employed persons

Population 3

Employed persons who would prefer more hours

Population 4

Part-time workers who would prefer more hours

Population 5

Underemployed workers

Population 6

Underemployed part-time workers

Population 7

Employed persons who started their current job in the previous 12 months

Population 8

Employed persons who worked in their current job for 12 months or more

Population 9

Employees who started their current job in the previous 12 months

Population 10

Persons employed for more than a year in their current job who looked for work in the previous 12 months

Population 11

Persons who worked at some time during the year ending February

Population 12

Persons who were working last February

Population 13

Persons currently employed and employed last February

Population 14

Persons who ceased a job during the year ending February

Population 15

Employed persons who ceased a job in the year ending February

Population 16

Unemployed persons

Population 17

Persons not in the labour force

Population 18

Persons not in the labour force who wanted to work

Population 19

Persons not in the labour force who looked for work

Population 20

Persons not in the labour force with marginal attachment to the labour force

Population 21

Persons not in the labour force who wanted to work but were not actively looking for work and were available to start work within four weeks

Population 22

Persons not in the labour force who were discouraged job seekers

Population 23

Persons not in the labour force because they were caring for children, who wanted to work but not actively looking for work

Population 24

Persons not in the labour force whose last job was less than 10 years ago

Data items			Population
1		State or territory of usual residence	All
2		Region of usual residence (SA4)	All
3		Sex	All
4		Social marital status	All
5		Relationship in household	All
6		Country of birth	All
7		Country of birth and elapsed years since arrival in Australia	All
8		Age group (years)	All
9		Age of youngest child	All
10		Number of dependent children aged 15–24 years	All
11		Number of dependent children aged 0–14 years	All
12		Number of dependent children aged 0–24 years	All
13		Whether currently studying full-time or part-time	All
14		Level of highest educational attainment	All
15		Level of highest non-school qualification	All
16		Highest year of school completed	All
17		Labour force status	All
18		Status of employment in main job	2–10
19		Number of jobs or businesses held last week	2–10
20		Main reason for absence from work	2–10
21		Hours actually worked in main job	2–10
22		Hours actually worked in all jobs	2–10
23		Hours usually worked in main job	2–10
24		Hours usually worked in all jobs	2–10
25		Full-time or part-time status in all jobs	2–10
26		Full-time or part-time status in main job	2–10
27		Full-time or part-time status summary	2–10
28		Whether worked less hours than usually worked	2–10
29		Reason worked less hours than usually worked	2–10
30		Preferred total number of weekly hours	2–10
31		Preferred number of extra weekly hours	2–10
32		Whether preferred to work more hours than usually worked	2–10
33		Whether available to start work within the reference week with more hours	2–10
34		Whether prefer and available within the next 4 weeks for more full-time or part-time hours	2–10
35		Continuous duration with current employer/business	2–10
36		Reason expected future duration with current employer/business less than 12 months	2–10
37		Sector of main job	2–10
38		Occupation of main job	2–10
39		Industry of main job	2–10
40		Whether entitled to paid holiday leave	2–10
41		Whether entitled to paid sick leave	2–10
42		Whether had paid leave entitlements	2–10
43		Whether retrenched from any job in the previous 3 months	All
44		Whether looked for work or more hours in the last 12 months	All
45		Whether looked for work or more hours in the last 3 months	All
46		Whether looked for work or more hours in the last 4 weeks	All
47		Number of weeks since last looked for work or more hours	10,16,19
48		All steps taken to look for work or more hours in the last 12 months	10,16,19
49		Active steps taken to look for work or more hours in the last 12 months	10,16,19
50		All difficulties in finding work	All
51		Main difficulty in finding work	All
52		Whether had ever worked	16
53		Whether looked for full-time or part-time work	16
54		Duration of job search	16
55		Whether checked or registered with a Job Services Australia provider	10,16,19
56		Whether registered with Centrelink as a jobseeker	10,16,19
57		Number of employment offers in current period of unemployment	16,19
58		Whether turned down job offer/s in current period of unemployment	16,19
59		All reasons for turning down job offer/s	16,19
60		Main reason for turning down job offer/s	16,19
61		Whether had a job to go to	16,19
62		All reasons for looking for other work while still employed	10
63		Underemployment status	5,6
64		Whether available and/or looking for work	4–6
65		Whether would move interstate if offered a suitable job	5,6,16,19
66		Whether would move intrastate if offered a suitable job	5,6,16,19
67		Duration of current period of insufficient work	5,6
68		Whether would prefer to change employer to work more hours	5,6
69		Whether would prefer to change occupation to work more hours	5,6
70		Number of employers or businesses in the last 12 months	All
71		Whether had some change in work in last 12 months	8
72		Whether changed employer/business in the last 12 months	2–10
73		Persons not in the labour force summary	17–24
74		Main activity when not in the labour force	17–24
75		Time since last job	17–24
76		Whether had a job in the last 20 years	17–23
77		All reasons for not actively looking for work	17–24
78		Main reason not actively looking for work	17–24
79		Whether available to start work within four weeks	17–24
80		Whether available to start work in the reference week	17–24
81		All reasons not available to start work within four weeks	17–20,23–24
82		Main reason not available to start work within four weeks	17–20,23–24
83		Main reason not working due to caring for children	23
84		Whether preferred full-time or part-time work	17–24
85		Intention to enter the labour force in the next 12 months	17–24
86		Intention to enter the labour force	17–24
87		Preferred number of hours	17–24
88		Whether wanted to work	17–24
89		Continuous duration of last job	14–16,24
90		Full-time or part-time status in last job	14–16,24
91		Occupation of last job	14–16,24
92		Industry of last job	14–16,24
93		Status of employment of last job	14–16,24
94		Hours usually worked each week in last job	14–16,24
95		Reason for ceasing last job	14–16,24
96		When began last job	14–16,24
97		Whether entitled to paid holiday leave in last job	14–16,24
98		Whether entitled to paid sick leave in last job	14–16,24
99		Whether had paid leave entitlements in last job	14–16,24
100		Whether changed usual hours worked with current employer/business in the last 12 months	8,10
101		Previous usual weekly hours worked with current employer/business	8,10
102		Whether promoted with current employer in the last 12 months	8,10
103		Whether transferred with current employer in the last 12 months	8,10
104		Whether promoted and/or transferred with current employer in the last 12 months	8,10
105		Previous occupation with current employer/business	8,10
106		Whether changed Major occupation group (with current employer for one year or more)	8,10
107		Whether changed Minor occupation group (with current employer for one year or more)	8,10
108		Whether changed industry Division (last to current employer/business)	15
109		Whether changed industry Subdivision (last to current employer/business)	15
110		Whether changed status of employment (last to current employer/business)	15
111		Whether changed usual hours worked (last to current employer/business)	15
112		Whether changed Major occupation group (last to current employer/business)	15
113		Whether changed Minor occupation group (last to current employer/business)	15
114		Whether working at last February	12,13
115		Status of employment at last February	12,13
116		Occupation at last February	12,13
117		Industry at last February	12,13
118		Usual weekly hours worked at last February	12,13
119		Whether entitled to paid holiday leave at last February	12,13
120		Whether entitled to paid sick leave at last February	12,13
121		Whether had paid leave entitlements at last February	12,13
122		Whether changed industry Division (last to current February)	8,10,13
123		Whether changed industry Subdivision (last to current February)	8,10,13
124		Whether changed Major occupation group (last to current February)	8,10,13
125		Whether changed Minor occupation group (last to current February)	8,10,13
126		Whether changed status of employment (last to current February)	8,10,13
127		Whether changed usual hours worked (last to current February)	8,10,13