1288.0 - Standards for Labour Force Statistics, 1996  
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STANDARD QUESTION MODULE

15. It must be determined that the person's Labour Force Status is 'unemployed'.

Household based surveys

16. Additional questions relevant to measuring 'Duration of Unemployment' in Household surveys are:

  • The maximum set
    Questions 85 and 86 are required to measure 'Duration of Unemployment' (after establishing a labour force status of unemployed) in the full Labour Force Module. This module is available in the     Information paper: Questionnaires used in the Labour Force Survey, Australia, (cat.no. 6232.0) (available in A Directory of Concepts and Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Statistics).
  • The minimum set
    Questions 16 and 17 (only for persons with a labour force status of unemployed).
    Q.16.WHEN DID ... BEGIN LOOKING FOR WORK?
    Enter Date
    Less than 2 years ago....../
    DD    		....../
    MM    		......
    YY
    2 years or more ago....../
    MM    		......
    YY
    5 years or more ago......
    YY
    Did not look for work
    q
    Q.17.WHEN DID ... LAST WORK FOR TWO WEEKS OR MORE?
    Enter Date
    Less than 2 years ago....../
    DD    		....../
    MM    		......
    YY
    2 years or more ago....../
    MM    		......
    YY
    5 years or more ago......
    YY
    Has never worked (for two weeks or more)
    q
    		No More Questions
Self enumerated surveys

17. Currently there is no proposal for establishing 'Duration of Unemployment' from the self enumerated module.


STANDARD INPUT CATEGORIES

18. All data are converted to and stored in whole weeks for any duration of unemployment. (N.B. less specific dates are collected for longer durations so the weeks' calculations get 'grainier'. Durations of less than 2 years are converted to weeks from a specific date dd/mm/yy. Durations of 2 years to less than 5 years are converted to weeks from mm/yy and durations of 5 years or more ago are converted to weeks from yy only).



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