LIS - Australia 2008 : person file Codebook generated: 2015-09-26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDENTIFIERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hid unique unit identifier 22932 1 9345 4672.05 2700.29 pid person identifier 22932 1 6 2.08 1.18 did unique country/year number -------------------------------------------------- N value 22932 246 dname country/year identifier -------------------------------------------------- N value 22932 "au08" cname country name -------------------------------------------------- N value 22932 "Australia" iso2 2-letter country abbreviation -------------------------------------------------- N value 22932 "au" year reference year -------------------------------------------------- N value 22932 2008 wave data wave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 22932 7 Wave VII ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwgt person weight (normalised) 22932 0.02 3.32 0.44 0.3 ppopwgt person weight (inflated) 22932 43.32 6805.59 894.72 623.41 hhmem household member (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 22932 1 household member ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ relation relationship to household head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 9345 1000 head 5528 2000 spouse/partner 7089 3000 child 970 4000 other partner partner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 94 100 has partner 11056 110 living with partner 7154 200 does not have partner 4628 . parents living with parents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1629 110 living with one parent 5460 120 living with two parents 15843 . children living with own children -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3320 110 living with own children aged 0-5 1196 120 living with own children 6-12 669 130 living with own children 13-17 1420 140 living with own children 18+ 8268 200 not living with own children 8059 . nchildren number of own children living in household -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 8268 0 not living with own children 2497 1 living with 1 own child 2674 2 living with 2 own children 1045 3 living with 3 own children 376 4 living with 4 own children 13 5 living with 5 own children 8059 . Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ageyoch age of youngest own child living in household 6605 0 65 10.14 10.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEMOGRAPHICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: age: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- age age in years 22897 0 80 35.87 22.23 sex gender -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 8818 1 male 9486 2 female 4628 . NOTES: 1. [au08] Scope limitation: available only for persons aged 15 and over. marital marital status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 11150 100 married/in union 7154 200 not married/not in union 4628 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMMIGRATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ immigr immigrant (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 13155 0 not immigrant 5149 1 immigrant 4628 . ctrybrth country of birth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 13155 1000 born in the country 5149 2000 born outside the country 4628 . NOTES: yrsresid: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yrsresid years since arrived in country 5149 0 23 14.72 9.93 ethnic_c first language spoken -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 14960 1 English only 360 2 Northern European language 860 3 Southern European language 472 4 Eastern European language 302 5 Southwest and Central Asian language 312 6 Southern Asian language 428 7 Southeast Asian language 454 8 Eastern Asian language 109 9 other language 4675 . migrat_c geographical area of previous dwelling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3723 1 in same suburb/locality/town as current dwelling 2002 2 in same State/Territory as current dwelling - capital city 1277 3 in same State/Territory as current dwelling - other than capital city 285 4 in different State/Territory to current dwelling - capital city 230 5 in different State/Territory to current dwelling - other than capital city 370 6 overseas 15045 . NOTES: 1. [au08] Scope limitation: available only when moved to current dwelling during last 4 years. immigr_c number of years lived in current dwelling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2953 0 less than one year 1401 1 one year 1408 2 two years 1152 3 three years 973 4 four years 3511 5 5-9 years 2138 6 10-14 years 1604 7 15-19 years 1708 8 20-29 years 869 9 30-39 years 587 10 40 years or more 4628 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HEALTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDUCATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ educ highest completed education level (3-category recode) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7063 1 low 5964 2 medium 5143 3 high 134 9 indistinguishable 4628 . educ_c level of highest educational attainment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1457 1 year 8 or below including never attended school 1159 2 year 9 2954 3 year 10 1400 4 year 11 3082 5 year 12 134 6 certificate not further defined 93 7 certificate I/II 2882 8 certificate III/IV 1510 9 advanced diploma / diploma 2636 10 bachelor degree 997 11 postgraduate degree , graduate diploma/graduate certificate 4628 . NOTES: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: code 9 includes all persons having a certificate not further defined. enroll currently enrolled in education -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1757 110 enrolled in full-time education 1075 120 enrolled in part-time education 15472 200 currently not enrolled 4628 . enrlev_c education institution attending -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1051 1 university or other higher education 532 2 TAFE (technical and further education) 1249 3 other (including secondary school, business college and industry skills centre 20100 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITY STATUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ emp employed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 6711 0 not employed 11593 1 employed 4628 . unemp unemployed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 17753 0 not unemployed 551 1 unemployed 4628 . clfs current labour force status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 11593 100 ILO employed 551 211 ILO unemployed 5127 220 not in labour force 763 222 in education 270 224 disabled 4628 . NOTES: undur: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. The lower boundary of the original category under 4 weeks is assumed to be 1. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- undur duration of current unemployment spell 551 1 52 17 19.16 jsearch type of job search -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 579 120 search while not employed 6132 200 not searching 16221 . NOTES: 1. [au08] Scope limitation: available only for those who are currently not employed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYMENT INTENSITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ptime part-time in all jobs (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 8084 0 full-time 3509 1 part-time 11339 . NOTES: 1. [au08] Definitional deviation: part-time defined as working less than 35 hours a week. NOTES: hours: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours weekly hours worked, any information 11593 1 50 35.72 12.92 secjob multiple jobs holder (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 10691 0 one job 902 1 more than one job 11339 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOB CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ status1 status in employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 10327 100 dependent employed 963 200 self-employed 302 210 employer 11340 . inda1 industry (3-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 267 1 agriculture 2388 2 industry 8933 3 services 11344 . indb1 industry (9-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 267 1 agriculture, forestry and fishing 1357 2 mining and quarrying; manufacturing; utilities 1031 3 construction 2471 4 wholesale and retail trade, repair; hotels and restaurants 825 5 transport, storage and communications 471 6 financial intermediation 1400 7 real estate, renting and business activities 3135 8 public administration; education; health and social work 631 9 other community, social/personal services; activities of households; extra-territorial 11344 . indc1 industry (17-category ISIC 3.1 recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 267 1 A-agriculture, hunting and forestry 185 3 C-mining and quarrying 1045 4 D-manufacturing 127 5 E-electricity, gas and water supply 1031 6 F-construction 1730 7 G-wholesale and retail trade; repair 741 8 H-hotels and restaurants 825 9 I-transport, storage and communications 471 10 J-financial intermediation 1400 11 K-real estate, renting and business activities 972 12 L-public administration and defence; compulsory social security 867 13 M-education 1296 14 N-health and social work 631 90 indistinguishable 11344 . NOTES: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: code 1 also includes fishing (which in fact belongs to code 2). 2. [au08] Mixed categories: code 90 includes categories 15, 16 and 17. ind1_c industry (national classification based on ANZSIC 2006), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 267 1 A-agriculture, forestry and fishing 185 2 B-mining 1045 3 C-manufacturing 127 4 D-electricity, gas, water and waste services 1031 5 E-construction 480 6 F-wholesale trade 1250 7 G-retail trade 741 8 H-accomodation and food services 560 9 I-transport, postal and warehousing 265 10 J-information media and telecommunications 471 11 K-finance and insurance services 210 12 L-rental, hiring and real estate services 827 13 M-professional, scientific and technical services 363 14 N-administrative and support services 972 15 O-public administration and safety 867 16 P-education and training 1296 17 Q-health care and social assistance 189 18 R-arts and recreation services 442 19 S-other services 11344 . occa1 occupation (3-category recode), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 4009 1 managers and professionals (ISCO 1 & 2) 6313 2 other skilled workers (ISCO 3-8, 10) 1259 3 labourers/elementary (ISCO 9) 11351 . occ1_c occupation (national classification based on ANZSCO), job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1553 1 managers and administrators 2456 2 professionals 1684 3 technicians and trade workers 1005 4 community and personal service workers 1846 5 clerical and administrative worker 1025 6 sales workers 753 7 machinery operators and drivers 1259 8 labourers 11351 . NOTES: hours1: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours1 weekly hours worked, job 1 11593 0 50 35.15 13.05 status2 status in employment, job 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 597 100 dependent employed 288 200 self-employed 22047 . NOTES: hours2: 1. [au08] Mixed categories: interval data; values refer to the lowest boundary of the interval. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hours2 weekly hours worked, job 2 902 0 14 8.18 4.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORK EXPERIENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CURRENT INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: pmitsilo: 1. [au08] occupational pensions may also include individual private pensions. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pi total income, person 22932 -150685 1743510 33767.4 52174.2 pmi total income, person, monetary 22932 -150685 1743510 32904.3 50158.2 pni total income, person, non-monetary 22932 0 346522 863.15 6586.54 pil labour income, person 22932 -150476 1123225 26443.4 44852.9 pmil labour income, person, monetary 22932 -150476 964632 25580.2 42726.1 pnil labour income, person, non-monetary 22932 0 346522 863.15 6586.54 pile paid employment income, person 22932 0 1123225 24406.2 43236.9 pmile paid employment income, person, monetary 22932 0 964632 23543.1 40996.3 pnile paid employment income, person, non-monetary 22932 0 346522 863.15 6586.54 piler regular paid employment income, person 22932 0 1123225 24406.2 43236.9 pmiler regular paid employment income, person, monetary 22932 0 964632 23543.1 40996.3 pniler regular paid employment income, person, non-monetary 22932 0 346522 863.15 6586.54 pilerb basic wages and salaries, person 22932 0 8e+05 22262.5 37567.4 pmilerb basic wages and salaries, person, monetary 22932 0 8e+05 22262.5 37567.4 pilers wage supplements, person 22932 0 523225 2143.66 10882.4 pmilers wage supplements, person, monetary 22932 0 410928 1280.51 7497.78 pnilers wage supplements, person, non-monetary 22932 0 346522 863.15 6586.54 pils self-employment income, person 22932 -150476 678029 2037.15 14870.5 pmils self-employment income, person, monetary 22932 -150476 678029 2037.15 14870.5 pic capital income, person 22932 -65592 1377226 2331.48 22845.3 pmic capital income, person, monetary 22932 -65592 1377226 2331.48 22845.3 picroy royalties, person 22932 0 29303 9.39 403.16 pmicroy royalties, person, monetary 22932 0 29303 9.39 403.16 pit transfer income, person 22932 0 435213 4988.75 10575.3 pmit transfer income, person, monetary 22932 0 435213 4988.75 10575.3 pits social security transfers, person 22932 0 435213 4545.45 10030.2 pmits social security transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 435213 4545.45 10030.2 pitsi work-related insurance transfers, person 22932 0 435213 1245.49 7767.66 pmitsi work-related insurance transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 435213 1245.49 7767.66 pitsilo occupational pensions, person 22932 0 435213 1104.61 7574.24 pmitsilo occupational pensions, person, monetary 22932 0 435213 1104.61 7574.24 pitsissi sickness wage replacement, person 22932 0 14860 5.62 264.69 pmitsissi sickness wage replacement, person, monetary 22932 0 14860 5.62 264.69 pitsu universal benefits, person 22932 0 53079 3130.16 6042.61 pmitsu universal benefits, person, monetary 22932 0 53079 3130.16 6042.61 pitsup old-age/disability/survivors universal pensions, person 22932 0 53079 1757.58 4536.8 pmitsup old-age/disability/survivors universal pensions, person, monetary 22932 0 53079 1757.58 4536.8 pitsupo old-age universal pensions, person 22932 0 41556 1234.82 3732.92 pmitsupo old-age universal pensions, person, monetary 22932 0 41556 1234.82 3732.92 pitsupd disability universal pensions, person 22932 0 53079 430.85 2392.05 pmitsupd disability universal pensions, person, monetary 22932 0 53079 430.85 2392.05 pitsups survivors universal pensions, person 22932 0 21377 80.44 1118.07 pmitsups survivors universal pensions, person, monetary 22932 0 21377 80.44 1118.07 pitsuun unemployment universal benefits, person 22932 0 20178 236.68 1523.46 pmitsuun unemployment universal benefits, person, monetary 22932 0 20178 236.68 1523.46 pitsa assistance benefits, person 22932 0 18562 96.26 683.01 pmitsa assistance benefits, person, monetary 22932 0 18562 96.26 683.01 pitsaed education assistance, person 22932 0 16685 25.22 481.26 pmitsaed education assistance, person, monetary 22932 0 16685 25.22 481.26 pitp private transfers, person 22932 0 96146 443.31 3108.19 pmitp private transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 96146 443.31 3108.19 pitped merit-based education transfers, person 22932 0 32275 49.7 856.46 pmitped merit-based education transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 32275 49.7 856.46 piatold old-age transfers, person 22932 0 435213 2474.57 8755.87 pmiatold old-age transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 435213 2474.57 8755.87 piatdis disability transfers, person 22932 0 53079 430.85 2392.05 pmiatdis disability transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 53079 430.85 2392.05 piatsur survivors transfers, person 22932 0 21377 80.44 1118.07 pmiatsur survivors transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 21377 80.44 1118.07 piatsic sickness transfers, person 22932 0 14860 5.62 264.69 pmiatsic sickness transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 14860 5.62 264.69 piatfam family/children transfers, person 22932 0 47728 999.97 3948.55 pmiatfam family/children transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 47728 999.97 3948.55 piatedu education transfers, person 22932 0 16685 25.22 481.26 pmiatedu education transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 16685 25.22 481.26 piatune unemployment transfers, person 22932 0 20178 236.68 1523.46 pmiatune unemployment transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 20178 236.68 1523.46 piathou housing transfers, person 22932 0 3650 93.78 415.49 pmiathou housing transfers, person, monetary 22932 0 3650 93.78 415.49 piatwic work-injury compensation, person 22932 0 43850 61.14 1339.18 pmiatwic work-injury compensation, person, monetary 22932 0 43850 61.14 1339.18 piatcar care benefits, person 22932 0 22300 102.2 1063.86 pmiatcar care benefits, person, monetary 22932 0 22300 102.2 1063.86 piatvet war victim/veterans benefits, person 22932 0 53079 263.38 2246.54 pmiatvet war victim/veterans benefits, person, monetary 22932 0 53079 263.38 2246.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDFALL INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NON-CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pxit income taxes and social contributions, person 22932 -17884 620622 5716.24 16449.9 pmxit income taxes and social contributions, person, monetary 22932 -17884 620622 5716.24 16449.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS - LIABILITIES TRANSACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAJOR AGGREGATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ppension individual total pension income 22932 0 435213 2936.31 9062.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ currency currency units -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 22932 36 AUD - Australian Dollar Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deflator deflation factor 22932 1 1 1 0 grossnet gross/net income information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 22932 120 gross, taxes and contributions imputed fpimpu individual income imputation (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 18207 0 no major individual income imputation 97 1 full individual income imputation 4628 .