Statistical Clearing House

Agricultural Finance Survey, Financial Year 1997/1998

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• Overview
• Quality Framework
• A. General Information
• B. User Requirements, Survey Objectives and Budget
• C. Alternative Sources of Data
• D. Data Outputs *** You are here ***
• D1 Data outputs
  
• D2 Use of standards
  
• D3 Data consistency
• E. Questionnaire Design and Data Collection
• F. Respondent Load
• G. Population / Frame
• H. Sample Design
• I. Estimation and Analysis

D. Data Outputs

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D1 Data outputs

What are the principal data outputs to be produced? (D1)
Note. Refers to the main data items to be produced by the survey and how they will be cross-classified (eg by geography, industry, size, sector of business, etc). Copies of previous publications, final reports or outlines of proposed reports may have been provided to help answer this question.

State x Industry financial estimates of totals, means and ratios, and number of live Management Units..

The publication is:
7113.0 Agriculture Australia

Contents include:
Farm business performance measurement ratios
Selected Financial Statistics, totals and averages by State and Australia x Industry
Tables totalling Farm Businesses by size of cash operating surplus, turnover and gross indebtedness.
Tabulated data includes:
cash operating surplus
profit margin
number
interest paid
gross indebtedness
net capital expenditure
interest coverage ratio
value of assets

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D2 Use of standards

What consideration has been given to the use of standards? Please specify. (D2)
Note. Should include standard data items (such as employment, housing, etc) and standard classifications (such as industry, geography, commodity, etc.).

Major classifications include: State, Industry, size group.

Major financial aggregates include:

Turnover
Purchases and selected expenses
Value added
Adjusted value added
Gross Operating Surplus
Cash Operating Surplus
Gross Indebtedness
Net Indebtedness
Value of Assets
Net Worth

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D3 Data consistency

What consideration has been given to making data items consistent between survey cycles or across surveys? (D3)

Core data content substantially unchanged since 1986/87.

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