National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2012
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | PI 22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2012 |
| METEOR identifier: | 438703 |
| Registration status: | Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013 |
| 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| Indicator set: | National Indigenous Reform Agreement (2012) Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013 |
| Outcome area: | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Population group age from: | 15 years |
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| Population group age to: | 64 years |
| Computation description: | Presentation: Number and percentage (per 100 persons). Rate ratios and rate differences are calculated for Indigenous: non-Indigenous. |
| Computation: | Rate: 100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator). Rate ratio: Indigenous rate divided by non-Indigenous rate. Rate difference: Indigenous rate minus non-Indigenous rate. |
| 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: | NO NEW DATA FOR 2012 REPORTING. Data sources for this indicator are: -Main data collection: NATSISS (Indigenous); NATSIHS (Indigenous); and SEW (non-Indigenous). The baseline report reported data from the 2008 NATSISS (Indigenous) and 2008 SEW (non-Indigenous) as the main data collection, and data from the 2006 Census as the supplementary data collection. The next available data source will be the 2011-12 NATSIHS for the Indigenous population. Baseline year for NIRA target (Halve the gap in employment outcomes within a decade) is 2008; 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 | |
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Accountability attributes | |
| Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). |
| Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Long-term. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Steward: | National Indigenous Reform Agreement Performance Information Management Group |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22a-Unemployment rate (Census Data), 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 Indigenous, Superseded 01/07/2012 Has been superseded by National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 14a-Level of workforce participation (Census data), 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013 See also National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 22b-Unemployment rate (Survey Data), 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013 |