1288.0 - Standards for Labour Force Statistics, Issue For Dec 2014

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Summary Overview of the Core Labour Force Variables + The Labour Force Framework International The Conceptual Framework The Labour Force Questionnaire Modules Collection Methods + Labour Force Status + Status in Employment + Hours Worked + Full-time - Part-time Status + Duration of Job Search About this Release	THE LABOUR FORCE QUESTIONNAIRE MODULES The LFS is the official source for Australian employment and unemployment statistics. It uses a comprehensive and detailed set of questions to precisely measure the numbers and certain characteristics of persons in employment and unemployment, that is the labour force. The questionnaire module as used in the LFS is presented in Information Paper: Questionnaires used in the Labour Force Survey, 2014 (cat. no. 6232.0), this is referred to as the Labour Force Survey Questionnaire Module throughout this product. In other household surveys, where labour force status is used as an explanatory or classificatory variable, it is generally not practical to determine employment and unemployment as precisely as in the LFS. A shorter module referred to as the Household Survey Questionnaire Module is used in most other ABS household surveys to produce estimates of labour force status. There is also a labour force module in the Census of Population and Housing, referred to as the Census of Population and Housing Questionnaire Module. This module is shorter than the Household Survey Questionnaire module, and is generally used through a self-enumeration mode. While aggregates produced from surveys and the Census, which do not use the Labour Force Survey Questionnaire Module, are designed to be consistent with the international concepts of employment and unemployment, the treatment of certain small population groups is simpler than that used in the LFS. Consequently, there are differences between estimates produced from the LFS and those produced from the Census or from surveys using the reduced modules. The development of standards for questionnaire modules for collecting labour force data, and for the associated labour force output, ensures comparable labour force data across a variety of collections. The definitions, classifications, coding structures, questionnaire modules and output categories designed for use in household interviewer based and self-enumerated collections are presented. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.