Definition
Hours worked is the amount of time a person spends at work in a week in employment/self-employment. It may apply to hours actually worked in a week or hours usually worked per week, and the National Health Labour Force Collection collects hours usually worked. It includes all paid and unpaid overtime less any time off.
It also:
- includes travel to home visits or calls out
- excludes other time travelling between work locations
- excludes unpaid professional and/or voluntary activities.
Total hours worked is the amount of time spent at work in all jobs.
As well as total hours worked, for some professions the National Health Labour Force Collection asks for hours worked in each of the main job, second job and third job. Hours worked for each of these is the amount of time spent at work in each job.
Components
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Data Element ConceptHealth professional—hours worked
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Object ClassHealth professional
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PropertyHours worked
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Value DomainTotal hours NNN
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Total hours NNN ".| Data Type | String |
|---|---|
| Format | NNN |
| Maximum character length | 3 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplementary Values | 999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
Context:
Health labour force
Comments:
It is often argued that health professionals contribute a considerable amount of time to voluntary professional work and that this component needs to be identified. This should be considered as an additional item, and kept segregated from data on paid hours worked.