6359.0 - Forms of Employment, Australia, November 2009 
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Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
5 Students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals, residents of homes (e.g. retirement homes, homes for people with disabilities), and inmates of prisons are excluded from all supplementary surveys. 6 This supplementary survey was conducted in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, but excluded people living in Indigenous communities in very remote parts of Australia. 7 This survey was restricted to employed people aged 15 years and over who were not contributing family workers in their main job. COVERAGE 8 The estimates in this publication relate to people covered by the survey in November 2009. In the LFS, coverage rules are applied which aim to ensure that each person is associated with only one dwelling and hence has only one chance of selection in the survey. See Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) for more details. SAMPLE SIZE 9 Supplementary surveys are not always conducted on the full LFS sample. Since August 1994 the sample for supplementary surveys has been restricted to no more than seven-eighths of the LFS sample. 10 The LFS sample size in November 2009 was approximately 26% higher than the sample size in November 2008. This is due to reinstated sample that was cut from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and supplementary surveys from July 2008. Detailed information about the sample reduction/reinstatement is provided in Information Paper: Labour Force Survey Sample Design, November 2007 (Third edition) (cat. no. 6269.0). 11 The reinstated sample will still be representative, with selections made across all parts of Australia. 12 The initial sample for the November 2009 LFS consisted of 34,360 private dwelling households and special dwelling units. Of the 27,702 private dwelling households and special dwelling units that remained in the survey after sample loss (e.g. households selected in the survey which had no residents in scope for the LFS, vacant or derelict dwellings and dwellings under construction), approximately 26,376 or 95.2% were fully responding to the Forms of Employment survey. The number of completed interviews obtained from these private dwellings and special dwelling units (after taking into account scope, coverage and sub sampling exclusions) was 28,196. RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES 13 Estimates in this publication are subject to sampling and non-sampling errors:
SEASONAL FACTORS 14 The estimates are based on information collected in the survey month, and, due to seasonal factors, may not be representative of other months of the year. CLASSIFICATIONS USED 15 Country of birth data are classified according to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 1998 (cat. no. 1269.0). 16 From 2006, occupation data are classified according to the ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition, 2006 (cat. no. 1220.0). This new classification replaces the ASCO - Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, Second Edition, 1997 (cat. no. 1220.0). Data classified according to the ASCO are available on request. 17 Also from 2006, industry data are classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (cat. no. 1292.0). This new classification replaces the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 1993 (cat. no. 1292.0). Data classified according to the ANZSIC 1993 are available on request. NOTES ON ESTIMATES 18 People who were away from work during the reference week, were included in the 'Less than 1 hour/no hours' category for the data item 'Hours actually worked in main job'. 19 Employees are classified as 'With paid leave entitlements' if they said 'yes' to either of the following questions:
20 For the data item 'Days of the week usually worked in all jobs', people who reported that they worked from Monday to Friday, inclusive, were categorised as working Monday to Friday. These people may have reported that they also worked on Saturday and Sunday in their job/s. People who reported that the usual days of the week worked varied were categorised only to days varied. A response of days varied could not be provided with any other response. 21 The responses given by multiple jobholders for the data items 'Days of the week usually worked in all jobs', 'Number of days of the week usually worked in all jobs', and 'Whether worked weekdays and/or weekends in all jobs' does not imply that this was their usual pattern of work in each of their jobs, rather this was their total pattern of work in all their jobs. COMPARABILITY OF TIME SERIES 22 Revisions are made to population benchmarks for the LFS after each five-yearly Census of Population and Housing. The last such revision was made in February 2009 to take account of the results of the 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Estimates from supplementary surveys conducted from and including February 2009 are based on these revised population benchmarks. 23 The survey was redesigned in 2001 to reflect the changes in the Australian labour market that had occurred. This restricted the scope of the survey to people aged 15-69 years. From 2004 onwards, the scope includes all people aged 15 years and over. 24 In 1998 and 2001, people working for payment in kind were excluded from the survey. From 2004 onwards, this group have been included. 25 In November 2008, the Forms of Employment Survey was redeveloped to better capture information of independent contractors, other business operators and employees. The change has resulted in a break in series for employees and users need to exercise caution when comparing data about employees prior to the 2008 publication. 26 The data items 'Status in employment' and 'Employment type in main job' presented in the 2007 Forms of Employment publication are no longer presented in this publication, however are available on request, and have been replaced with 'Form of employment in main job'. COMPARABILITY WITH MONTHLY LFS STATISTICS 27 Due to differences in the scope and sample size of this supplementary survey and that of the monthly LFS, the estimation procedure may lead to some small variations between labour force estimates from this survey and those from the LFS. PREVIOUS SURVEYS 28 The Forms of Employment Survey was first conducted in August 1998 then in November 2001, November 2004, November 2006, November 2007 and November 2008. Results of previous surveys on employment arrangements have been published in:
NEXT SURVEY 29 The ABS plans to conduct this survey again in November 2010. 30 The ABS plans to collect information of people who found their current job through a labour hire firm/employment agency again in November 2011. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 31 ABS publications draw extensively on information provided freely by individuals, businesses, governments and other organisations. Their continued cooperation is very much appreciated: without it, the wide range of statistics published by the ABS would not be available. Information received by the ABS is treated in strict confidence as required by the Census and Statistics Act 1905. RELATED PUBLICATIONS 32 ABS publications which may be of interest include:
33 Current publications and other products released by the ABS are available from the Statistics Page on the ABS website. The ABS also issues a daily Release Advice on the website which details products to be released in the week ahead. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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