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More information on Historical labour force activity (based on the 1971 concepts)
Censuses:
2006 (1/5 sample), 2001 (1/5 sample), 1996 (1/5 sample), 1991 (1/5 sample), 1986 (1/5 sample), 1981 (1/5 sample), 1976 (1/3 sample), 1971 (1/3 sample)
Reported for:
Population 15 years of age and over, including institutional residents
Question numbers:
Derived variable: Questions 34 to 39
Responses:
The categories for the historical labour force activity variable are:
- Employed – Absent in reference week – Armed Forces
- Employed – Absent in reference week – Civilian
- Employed – Unpaid family workers
- Employed – Paid – Armed Forces
- Employed – Paid or self-employed – Civilian
- Unemployed – Looked for work – Experienced
- Unemployed – Looked for work – Inexperienced
- Unemployed – On temporary lay-off
- Not in the labour force – Excluding institutional residents
- Not in the labour force – Institutional residents
- Not applicable – less than 15 years old
Remarks:
According to the 1971 labour force activity concepts, institutional residents are included in the 'Not in the labour force' category.
- For information on the comparability of 2006 Census labour force activity data with those of previous censuses and the Labour Force Survey, see Appendix E.
