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National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2010

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Indicator
Indicator type:Indicator
Short name:Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2010
METeOR identifier:396630
Registration status:Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011
Description:Proportion of the labour force who are unemployed aged 15 to 64 years
Rationale:Widely used measure of potentially underutilised labour resources in the economy. People who are unemployed for long periods may experience greater financial hardship and may have more difficulties in finding employment because of the loss of relevant skills and employers’ perceptions of their employability.
Indicator set:National Indigenous Reform Agreement (2010) Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011
Outcome area:Indigenous people of working age participate effectively in all sectors and at all levels of the labour market Indigenous, Endorsed 21/07/2010
Quality statement:National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P22a-Unemployment rate (Census data), 2010 QS Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011

Collection and usage attributes

Population group age from:15 years
Population group age to:64 years
Computation description:Presentation: Number, percentage, rate ratio and rate difference
Computation:100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Numerator:Number of people unemployed aged 15 to 64 years
Numerator data elements:
Data Element / Data SetPerson—labour force status, code N
Data Source
ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Guide for use

Data source type: Census

Supplementary numerator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—age, total years N[NN]
Data Source
ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Guide for use

Data source type: Census

Supplementary numerator data source
Denominator:Total number of people in the labour force aged 15 to 64 years
Denominator data elements:
Data Element / Data SetPerson—labour force status, code N
Data Source
ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Guide for use

Data source type: Census

Supplementary denominator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—age, total years N[NN]
Data Source
ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Guide for use

Data source type: Census

Supplementary denominator data source
Disaggregation data elements:
Data Element / Data SetPerson—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2006) NNNNN
Data Source
ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Guide for use
Data source type: Census
Data Element / Data SetPerson—Indigenous status, code N
Data Source
ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Guide for use
Data source type: Census
Comments:

Disaggregation: National and state/territory by Indigenous status

Most recent data available for 2010 CRC baseline report: 2006 (Census)

Representational attributes

Representation class:Percentage
Data type:Real
Unit of measure:Person
Format:N[N].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Socioeconomic Factors

Data source attributes

Data sources:
Data SourceABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Frequency
Every 5 years
Data custodian
Australian Bureau of Statistics

Accountability attributes

Organisation responsible for providing data:Australian Bureau of Statistics
Further data development / collection required:Specification: Long-term
Other issues caveats:The Indigenous undercount in the Census may introduce bias into the results for Indigenous disaggregation, which may affect comparability across states and territories.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

See also National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P22b-Unemployment rate (Survey Data), 2010 Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011

Has been superseded by National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011, Indigenous, Archived 01/07/2012
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