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National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P22b-Unemployment rate (Survey Data), 2010

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Indicator
Indicator type:Indicator
Short name:Unemployment rate (Survey Data), 2010
METeOR identifier:396905
Registration status:Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011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Indicator set:National Indigenous Reform Agreement (2010) Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011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statement:National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P22b-Unemployment Rate (Survey data), 2010 QS Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011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, including confidence intervals and relative standard errors for percentages.
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 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey 
Main Indigenous numerator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—labour force status, code N
Data Source
ABS Survey of Education and Work (SEW)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey 
Main non-Indigenous numerator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—age, total years N[NN]
Data Source
ABS 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Main Indigenous numerator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—age, total years N[NN]
Data Source
ABS Survey of Education and Work (SEW)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Main non-Indigenous 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 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey 
Main Indigenous denominator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—labour force status, code N
Data Source
ABS Survey of Education and Work (SEW)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey 
Main non-Indigenous denominator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—age, total years N[NN]
Data Source
ABS 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Main Indigenous denominator data source
Data Element / Data SetPerson—age, total years N[NN]
Data Source
ABS Survey of Education and Work (SEW)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Main non-Indigenous denominator data source
Disaggregation data elements:
Data Element / Data SetPerson—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2006) NNNNN
Data Source
ABS 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Data Element / Data SetPerson—Indigenous status, code N
Data Source
ABS 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Data Element / Data SetPerson—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2008) NNNNN
Data Source
ABS Survey of Education and Work (SEW)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Data Element / Data SetPerson—Indigenous status, code N
Data Source
ABS Survey of Education and Work (SEW)
Guide for use
Data source type: Survey
Comments:Disaggregation: National and state/territory by Indigenous status
Most recent data available for 2010 CRC baseline report: 2008 (NATSISS and SEW)

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 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Frequency
Every 6 years.
Data custodian
Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data SourceABS Survey of Education and Work (SEW)
Frequency
Annual
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 SEW does not include people living in very remote areas which may affect the comparability of results.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

See also National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2010 Community Services, Superseded 04/04/2011

Has been superseded by National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22b-Unemployment rate (Survey Data), 2011 Indigenous, Archived 01/07/2012
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