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National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P23a-Labour force participation rate (Census Data), 2010

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Indicator
Indicator type:Indicator
Short name:Labour force participation rate (Census Data), 2010
METeOR identifier:396632
Registration status:Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011
Description:Proportion of the working aged population who are in the labour force.
Rationale:Key measure of the target to halve the gap in Indigenous employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade.
Indicator set:National Indigenous Reform Agreement (2010) Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011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Indigenous Reform Agreement: P23a-Labour force participation rate (Census data), 2010 QS Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011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 ratios and rate difference.
Computation:100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Numerator:Number of people aged 15–64 years in the labour force.
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 aged 15–64 years.
Denominator data elements:
Data Element / Data SetPerson—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]
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:NN.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: P23b-Labour force participation rate (Survey Data), 2010 Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011

Has been superseded by National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 23a-Labour force participation rate (Census Data), 2011 Indigenous, Archived 01/07/2012
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