National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2011
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | PI 22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2011 |
| METEOR identifier: | 425797 |
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| 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| Indicator set: | National Indigenous Reform Agreement (2011) Indigenous, Superseded 01/07/2012 |
| Outcome area: | Indigenous people of working age participate effectively in all sectors and at all levels of the labour market Indigenous, Standard 21/07/2010 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Population group age from: | 15 years |
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| Population group age to: | 64 years |
| Computation description: | Crude rates are calculated, including relative standard errors and confidence intervals. Rate ratios and rate differences are calculated for Indigenous:non-Indigenous. Presentation: per 100 persons (percentage). |
| Computation: | 100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator). |
| Numerator: | Number of people unemployed aged 15 to 64 years |
| Numerator data elements: | |
| Denominator: | Total number of people in the labour force aged 15 to 64 years |
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| Disaggregation: | National and state/territory by Indigenous status. |
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| Comments: | Most recent data available for 2011 CRC report: Baseline year for this indicator is 2008; target year is 2018. |
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: | ABS 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 (ABS). |
| Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Long-term. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2010
Has been superseded by National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2012
See also National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22b-Unemployment rate (Survey Data), 2011
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