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

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COLLECTION METHODS

COLLECTION OF VARIABLE

Scope

Duration of Job Search is an attribute of the measurement unit 'Person'. Duration of Job Search is a characteristic of people whose current labour force status is unemployed.

Questionnaire modules

HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS

In the Labour Force Questionnaire Module, Duration of Job Search is derived for all people whose labour force status is 'Unemployed'. The questions used to determine whether a person is unemployed are shown in the Labour Force Status Standard. The standard questions used to collect 'Duration of Job Search' in Household surveys are:

WHEN DID ... BEGIN LOOKING FOR WORK?
	Enter Date
	Less than 2 years ago	....../....../...... DD MM YY
	2 years to less than 5 years ago	....../...... MM YY
	5 years or more ago	...... YY
	Did not look for work	q

WHEN DID ... LAST WORK?
	Enter Date
	Less than 2 years ago	....../....../...... DD MM YY
	2 years to less than 5 years ago	....../...... MM YY
	5 years or more ago	...... YY
	Has never worked	q	No More Questions

Duration of Job Search is not collected in the Census of Population and Housing Questionnaire Module.

Derivation procedures

The derivation of Duration of Job Search is based on the responses to the two questions used to derive elapsed duration since the person began looking for work and the elapsed duration since the person last worked. Duration of Job Search is assigned to the shorter period of these two elapsed durations.

Supporting variables

The variable needed to derive Duration of Job Search is Labour Force Status.