2900.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Understanding the Census and Census Data, Australia , 2016

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Understanding the Census and Census Data How we collected your information Turning your information into Census data + Understanding Census data quality + Understanding the data + Person variables AGEP Age ANCP Ancestry Multi Response ASSNP Core Activity Need for Assistance BPFP Country of Birth of Mother BPLP Country of Birth of Person BPMP Country of Birth of Father BPPP Country of Birth of Parents CHCAREP Unpaid Child Care CITP Australian Citizenship CTGP Child Type (including grandchildren) CTPP Child Type DOMP Unpaid Domestic Work Number of Hours EETP Engagement in Employment, Education and Training EMPP Number of Employees ENGLP Proficiency in Spoken English Language ENGP Proficiency in Spoken English GNGP Public Private Sector HEAP Level of Highest Educational Attainment HRSP Hours Worked HSCP Highest Year of School Completed INCP Total Personal Income (weekly) INDP Industry of Employment INGP Indigenous Status LANP Language Spoken at Home LFHRP Labour Force Status and Hours Worked Not Stated LFSP Labour Force Status MDCP Social Marital Status MSTP Registered Marital Status MTWP Method of Travel to Work OCCP Occupation POWP Place of Work PUR1P Place of Usual Residence One Year Ago PUR5P Place of Usual Residence Five Years Ago PURP Place of Usual Residence QALFP Non-School Qualification Field of Study QALLP Non-School Qualification Level of Education RELP Religious Affiliation RLCP Relationship as Reported for Couples RLGP Relationship in Household (including grandchildren) RLHP Relationship in Household RLNP Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling RPIP Family Household Reference Person Indicator SEXP Sex SIEMP Status in Employment SLPP Sex of Lone Parent STUP Full-Time Part-Time Student Status TISP Number of Children Ever Born TYPP Type of Educational Institution Attending TYSTAP Educational Institution Attendee Status UAI1P Usual Address One Year Ago Indicator UAI5P Usual Address Five Years Ago Indicator UAICP Usual Address Indicator Census Night UNCAREP Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability VOLWP Voluntary Work for an Organisation or Group YARP Year of Arrival in Australia CDPP Community Development Programme Participation Distance to Work National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) Indicators OPGP Homelessness Operational Groups + Family variables + Dwelling variables + Conceptual information About this Release History of Changes	Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling (RLNP) This variable describes the residential status of each person in a non-private dwelling i.e. whether they were there as either a member of staff, as a guest, patient, inmate, or other resident etc. It is applicable to persons who were counted in a non-private dwelling on Census night on a Census Personal Form. How this variable is created This question is applicable to personal forms for Non-Private Dwellings. Data was captured automatically from mark box responses on the form and these responses were then grouped to form the two output categories. Respondents were asked to mark one response. However, in a small proportion of pre-processed data on the paper form, people provided more than one response (1.3%). In these cases, responses were accepted in the order they appeared on the form and the extra responses were rejected. Variable history A question on status in a non-private dwelling was first asked in the 1976 Census, and has been asked for every Census since then. For 2016 the questions on the online versions of the personal form relating to this classification were revised to improve clarity and sequencing. Non-response rate Item non-response rates are a measure of how many people did not respond to a particular question as a proportion of the total number of people the question was applicable to. In this instance the response is left as not stated. The majority of item non-response is attributable to the people who did not respond to the Census at all. Refer to item non-response rates for more information. The second and smaller contributor to item non-response is when people return a Census form but may not answer a particular question(s). For more information, refer to Understanding Census data quality. The non-response rate for this variable was 27.6% (18.3% in 2011). Non-response is generally higher for persons who were staying at a non-private dwelling on Census night than those counted in an occupied private dwelling. Data usage notes Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling is only applicable to persons who were in a non-private dwelling on Census night and were enumerated on a Census Personal Form (question 6 on the Census Personal Form). Further Information A definition of Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling is available in the 2016 Census Dictionary. Personal form question image Question 6 as it appeared on the 2016 Census Personal Paper Form: A text only version of the online Census Household form is available from the Downloads tab. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.