Person (employed)—full-time/part-time status, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Full-time/part-time status |
| METEOR identifier: | 269950 |
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| Definition: | Whether a person in paid employment is employed full-time or part-time, as represented by a code. |
| Context: | Labour force characteristics. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person (employed)—full-time/part-time status |
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| Data type: | Number | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format: | N | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Applies only to people whose labour force status is employed. (See metadata item Person—labour force status, code N for a definition of 'employed'). Paid employment includes persons who performed some work for wages or salary, in cash or in kind, and persons temporarily absent from a paid employment job but who retained a formal attachment to that job. CODE 1 Full-time Employed persons are working full-time if they: (a) usually work 35 hours or more in a week (in all paid jobs) or (b) although usually working less than 35 hours a week, actually worked 35 hours or more during the reference period. CODE 2 Part-time: Employed persons are working part-time if they usually work less than 35 hours a week (in all paid jobs) and either did so during the reference period, or were not at work in the reference period. CODE 9 Not stated/ inadequately described Is not to be used on primary collection forms. It is primarily for use in administrative collections when transferring data from data sets where the item has not been collected. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection methods: | Can be collected for an actual week (e.g. a particular reference period), or a usual week (e.g. a person usually works part time though they worked full-time in the last week). Note: if collected for a particular reference period, respondents may report 0 hours if on leave for the reference period. For most purposes the hours usually worked will be more appropriate. This metadata item should be based on the number of hours worked by the person (either actual or usual). It should not be based on the self-enumerated question suggested in the Collection methods of metadata item Person—labour force status, code N. Doing so would result in inaccurate information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | See the Australian Bureau of Statistics website for details regarding labour force data items and standard questions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 1999. Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables, Labour Force Variables. Full-Time/Part-Time Status. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes  Employed - working full-time/ part-time, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.5 KB) No registration statusHas been superseded by Person—Full-time/part-time status, code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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