6239.0 - Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia, July 2010 to June 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/12/2011   
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APPENDIX POPULATIONS AND DATA ITEMS LIST
 
 
DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
 
The ABS has a range of data available on request from the Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation topic. This section lists the data items and populations to which they relate. Full details of these data items are available on the ABS website in an Excel spreadsheet, as a data cube (Appendix 1 - B&I and R&RI 2010-11 Data Items List).
 
The population(s) for a particular data item refers to the people in the survey to whom the data relates. Where alternative output categories are available for the same data item, these are shown and the data item name is followed by a bracketed numeral (e.g. country of birth (2)).
 
To obtain data available on request, or for more information about our customised data service contact Labour Market Statistics in Canberra on (02) 6252 7206 or by facsimile on (02) 6252 5066, or by email to <labour.statistics@abs.gov.au>.
 
 
Population 1
 
All persons aged 18 years and over
 
 
Population 2
 
Employed persons
 
 
Population 3
 
Unemployed persons
 
 
Population 4
 
Persons not in the labour force
 
 
Population 5
 
Persons who wanted a paid job
 
 
Population 6
 
Persons who wanted a paid job but were not available to start within four weeks
 
 
Population 7
 
Persons who wanted a paid job, were available to start within four weeks, but were not actively looking for a job
 
 
Population 8
 
Persons who wanted a paid job, were available to start within four weeks, and were actively looking for a job
 
 
Population 9
 
Persons who did not want a paid job or did not know
 
 
Population 10
 
Persons who usually worked 0-15 hours per week
 
 
Population 11
 
Persons who preferred to work more hours
 
 
Population 12
 
Persons who preferred to work more hours, but were not available to start within four weeks
 
 
Population 13
 
Persons who preferred to work more hours, were available to start within four weeks, but were not looking for work with more hours
 
 
Population 14
 
Persons who preferred to work more hours, were available to start within four weeks, and were looking for work with more hours
 
 
Population 15
 
Persons who did not prefer to work more hours
 

Populations

Demographic characteristics
1 State or territory of usual residence
All
2 Area of usual residence
All
3 Region of usual residence
All
4 Sex
All
5 Marital status
All
6 Relationship in household
All
7 Whether household had children aged under 15
All
8A Country of birth and period of arrival
All
8B Country of birth (1)
All
8C Country of birth (2)
All
9 Age group (years)
All
10 Age of youngest child in household (years)
All
11 Number of children aged less than 15 years
All
Partner's demographics
78A Partner's age
All
79 Partner's labour force status
All
80 Partner's full-time or part-time status in employment
All
80A Partner's full-time or part-time status by usual hours
All
Education
12 Whether currently studying
9, 10-15
13 Whether completed primary school
3-15
14 Level of highest non-school qualification
3-15
15 Level of highest educational attainment
3-15
16 Level of highest school educational attainment
3-15
17 Main field of highest non-school qualification
3-15
18 Main field of highest educational attainment
3-15
19 Age and whether attending an educational institution
All
Unpaid activities
20 Unpaid activities in last four weeks
3-15
Labour force characteristics
21 Hours usually worked in all jobs
2, 10-15
22 Duration of current period of unemployment
3
23 Status in employment
2, 10-15
24 Full-time or part-time status in employment
2, 10-15
25 Full-time or part-time status by usual hours
2, 10-15
26 Labour force status
All
Current main job details
27 Hours usually worked in current main job
10-15
28 Full-time or part-time status in current main job
10-15
29 Employment type in current main job
10-15
30 Occupation of current main job
10-15
31 Industry of current main job
10-15
32 Duration of current main job
10-15
Previous job details
33 Whether had ever worked
3-9
34 Previous job full-time or part-time
3-9
35 Time since last job
3-9
36 Employment type of last job
3-9
37 Occupation of last job
3-9
38 Industry of last job
3-9
39 Hours usually worked per week in last job
3-9
40 Duration of last job
3-9
41 Reason for ceasing last job
3-9
Previous full-time job details
42 Whether had ever held a full-time job
3-15
43 Whether last full-time job was with same employer as current job
10-15
44 Whether last full-time job was with same employer as last job
3-9
45 Time since last full-time job
3-9
46 Employment type of last full-time job
3-15
47 Occupation of last full-time job
3-15
48 Industry of last full-time job
3-15
49 Hours usually worked per week in last full-time job
3-15
50 Duration of last full-time job
3-15
51 Reason for ceasing last full-time job
3-15
Want to more (more)
52 Whether preferred to work more hours than usually worked
10-15
53 Preferred number of hours
5-9, 11-14
54 Whether wanted a paid job
3-9
55 Preferred length/tenure of job
5-8
56 Whether would accept a short-term/temporary job
5-8
57 All reasons for not wanting work/more hours
9, 15
58 Main reason for not wanting work/more hours
9, 15
Available to work (more)
59 Whether available to start work/more hours in the reference week
5, 7-8, 11, 13-14
60 Time until available to start work/more hours
5-8, 10-14
60A All reasons not available to start work/more hours
6, 12
61 Main reason not available to start work/more hours
6, 12
62 Main childcare reason not available to start work/more hours
6, 12
Looking for (more) work
63 Whether looked for work
3-9
64 Whether looked for more hours
11-14
65 Looked for full-time or part-time work
3
66 All reasons not looking for work/more hours
6-7, 12-13
67 Main reason not looking for work/more hours
6-7, 12-13
68 Main childcare reason not looking for work/more hours
6-7, 12-13
Difficulties finding (more) work
69 All difficulties finding work/more hours
3, 8, 14
70 Main difficulty finding work/more hours
3, 8, 14
Current income details
71 Current weekly gross personal income from all sources
All
72 All sources of current personal income
All
73 Main source of current personal income
All
74 All types of government pensions/allowance received
All
Partner's current income details
75 Partner's current weekly gross income from all sources
3-15
76 All sources of partner's current personal income
3-15
77 Main source of partner's current personal income
3-15
78 All types of partner's Government pensions/allowances received
3-15
Household income
81 Total gross weekly household income from all sources
All