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Agricultural Census, 2011

Australia, 2011
Reference ID
AUS_2011_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Collections
Agricultural Censuses
Metadata
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  • Study Description
  • Downloads
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production
  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    AUS_2011_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

    Title

    Agricultural Census, 2011

    Country
    Name Country code
    Australia AUS
    Study type

    Agricultural Census [ag/census]

    Series Information

    Agricultural commodity data have been collected in Australia since the 1860s. The Agricultural Census (AC) was usually conducted annually at the end of March, until 1996-1997, when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), to ensure better alignment with other ABS surveys, changed the collection period to 30 June. The current strategy envisages a five-year-interval census with sample surveys in inter-censal years. Subsequent ACs have been conducted on a quinquennial basis since 2000/2001. The metadata review and data presented here refer to the AC 2010/2011.

    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    The census scope covered agricultural activities (agricultural and livestock production).

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
    Land (policy, resource management) FAO
    Forests & Forestry FAO
    Food (production, crisis) FAO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage

    Universe

    The statistical unit, for the purposes of the AC 2010/2011, was a "business", identified by its Australian Business Number (ABN); a geographic split was applied for ABNs operating over multiple locations. Units were identified as undertaking agricultural activity if any of the primary or secondary productive activities of those businesses fall within the Agriculture Subdivision (Subdivision 01), as defined by the 2006 edition of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC).

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Australian Government Funding
    Other: government agencies and industry bodies Funding

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    a. Frame
    The frame used for the AC 2010/2011 was drawn from the ABS Business Register (ABSBR). The ABSBR has been used for ABS agricultural collections since 2005-2006. The AC 2010/2011 was designed as a complete enumeration (census) of agricultural businesses listed on the ABSBR that met the scope requirements.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    One questionnaire type was used for the AC 2010/2011 data collection. Of the 16 core items recommended by FAO to be collected in the 2010 WCA round, 10 were covered by the census questionnaire:

    • Land Use
    • Industry structure
    • Crops
    • Livestock
    • Horticulture

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2011-07 2011-11
    Time Method

    Reference periods: agricultural year (1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011), for crop production, land management practices and water use, etc.

    Data Collection Notes

    Paper survey forms were despatched to all in-scope agricultural businesses. Forms were returned to the ABS using reply-paid (postage-paid) envelopes. Included with the form was a cover letter outlining the AC 2010/2011, as well as details that enabled an alternate mode of response to be provided - specifically, via an electronic form (using Computer-assisted Web Interviewing, or CAWI).

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    a. DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVING
    OCR was used for scanning and extracting data from paper forms. The CAWI e-forms infrastructure was developed by IBM. Manual data entry is restricted to data taken over the phone and when correcting OCR scanning issues (error repair). A range of SAS-based tools (programmes, projects and code) was used to interrogate estimates and identify anomalies, either at the unit (micro) or estimate (macro) level. Editing of unit-level data was undertaken via the Blaise/Editors Tool Kit (ETK). Estimation processes used SAS-based projects (software) with ABS-developed interfaces allowing for setup and operations. Imputation also heavily relies on SAS; however, the ABS has developed an interface to allow for setup (parameters, etc.) in the IBM Lotus Notes environment.

    b . CENSUS DATA QUALITY
    The overall response rate achieved for the AC 2010/2011 was 88 percent. Intensive follow-up of significant (important) units was undertaken to minimize the impact of non-response bias and to maximise the accuracy of small area estimates. The main measure of accuracy of estimates from the AC 2010/2011 was indicated by calculating relative standard errors, which were assigned to each estimate produced and released.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    Preliminary census results were available in November 2011 and the final results were released in June 2012. The final AC 2010/2011 results were published on the ABS website in three publications.

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes See https://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/Privacy
    Access conditions

    See https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer#accessibility

    CONTACT:

    Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
    National Information Consultancy Services
    Canberra Office
    Street address:
    ABS House 45 Benjamin Way,
    Belconnen ACT 2617,
    Australia

    Postal address: Locked Bag 10 Belconnen ACT 2616, Australia
    Telephone: (+61) 2 9268 4909

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) [email protected] or [email protected] http://www.abs.gov.au/contact

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_AUS_2011_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Office of Chief Statistician Food and Agriculture Organization Adoption of metadata for FAM
    Census team, Statistics Division Food and Agriculture Organization Metadata producer

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    AUS_2011_AC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01

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