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Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods
Reference period
2021
Released
15/02/2022
A
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABR | Australian Business Register |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSBR | ABS Business Register |
| ABSEUM | ABS Economic Units Model |
| AC | Auto Coding |
| ANZ | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ARA | Any Responsible Adult |
| ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| ASIC | Australian Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASNA | Australian System of National Accounts |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| AWCE | Average Weekly Cash Earnings |
| AWE | Average Weekly Earnings |
| AWOTE | Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings |
B
| BAS | Business Activity Statement |
| BFU | Base Frame Unit |
| BLADE | Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment |
C
| CAC | Computer Assisted Coding |
| CAI | Computer Assisted Interviewing |
| CAPI | Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing |
| CATI | Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing |
| CAWI | Computer Assisted Web Interviewing |
| CCLI | Classification and Classified List of Industries |
| CCLO | Classification and Classified List of Occupations |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| CDP | Community Development Programme |
| CE | Completely Enumerated |
| CES | Commonwealth Employment Service |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| COE | Characteristics of Employment Survey |
| CORMS | Characteristics of Recent Migrants Survey |
| CURF | Confidentialised Unit Record File |
E
| EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
| EEBTUM | Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership Survey |
| EEH | Employee Earnings and Hours Survey |
| EG | Enterprise Group |
| ERP | Estimated Resident Population |
F
| FBT | Fringe Benefits Tax |
| FOES | Forms of Employment Survey |
| FSU | Final Sampling Units |
G
| GCCSA | Greater Capital City Statistical Area |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GMI | Gross Mixed Income |
| GNAF | Geocoded National Address File |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
H
| HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
| HILDA | Household Income and Labour Dynamics Australia |
I
| IC | Indigenous Communities |
| ICF | Indigenous Community Framework |
| ICLS | International Conference of Labour Statisticians |
| ICPSU | Indigenous Community Primary Sampling Units |
| ICSE | International Conference of Status in Employment |
| ILC | International Labour Conference |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IOPC | Input-Output Product Classification |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| IVA | Industry Value Added |
| IVI | Internet Vacancy Index (Department of Employment) |
J
| JPDA | Joint Petroleum Development Area |
| JSE | Job Search Experience Survey |
| JVS | Job Vacancies Survey |
K
| KILM | Key Indicators of the Labour Market |
L
| LE | Legal Entity |
| LEED | Linked Employer-Employee Database |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LFSS | Labour Force Supplementary Surveys |
| LGA | Local Government Area |
| LM | Labour Mobility |
| LPI | Labour Price Index |
M
| MB | Mesh Blocks |
| MFP | Multi-Factor Productivity |
| MLC | Survey of Major Labour Costs |
| MPHS | Multipurpose Household Survey |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
N
| NDS | National Data Set |
| NILF | Not In the Labour Force |
| NOM | Net Overseas Migration |
| NPI | Not-Profit Institutions |
O
| OAD | Overseas Arrivals and Departures |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OH&S | Occupational Health and Safety |
| OMIE | Owner Managers of Incorporated Enterprises |
| OMUE | Owner Managers of Unincorporated Enterprises |
P
| PD | Private Dwelling |
| PaETS | Pregnancy and Employment Transitions Survey |
| PJSM | Participation, Job Search and Mobility Survey |
| PIT | Personal Income Tax |
| PNILF | Persons Not In the Labour Force Survey |
| PPL | Paid Parental Leave |
| PSF | Population Survey Framework |
| PUR | Place of Usual Residence |
Q
| Q&W | Qualifications and Work |
| QBIS | Quarterly Business Indicators Survey |
R
| RA | Remoteness Area |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RJCP | Remote Jobs and Community Program |
| R&RI | Retirement and Retirement Intentions Survey |
| RSE | Relative Standard Error |
S
| SA | Statistical Areas |
| SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
| SD | Special Dwelling |
| SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
| SE | Standard Error |
| SEARS | Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation |
| SEAS | Survey of Employment Arrangements and Superannuation |
| SEASABS | SEASonal analysis, ABS standards |
| SEE | Survey of Employment and Earnings |
| SESCA | Standard Economic Sector Classification of Australia |
| SEW | Survey of Education and Work |
| SGC | Superannuation Guarantee Charge |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
| SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SoS | Section of State |
| SRA | Self-Representing Area |
| SSS | Special Social Surveys |
| STEP | Structured Training and Employment Project |
| SUPC | Supply Use Product Classification |
T
| TAU | Type of Activity Unit |
| TOBE | Type of Business Entity |
| TOLO | Type of Legal Organisation |
| TOOCS | Type of Occurrence Classification System |
U
| UCL | Urban Centre and Locality |
| UEW | Underemployed Workers Survey |
| UR | Usual Resident |
V
| VET | Vocational Education Training |
W
| WPI | Wage Price Index |
| WRI | Work-Related Injuries Survey |
| WTA | Working Time Arrangements Survey |