Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFS)
Information
Services is the first point of contact for requesting
Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFS) from the
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
What are CURFS?
- CURFs contain data from ABS surveys in the form of unit records.
- CURFs contain the most detailed statistical information available from the ABS and are for researchers and analysts who wish to run their own statistical queries on the data using software packages such as SAS or SPSS.
- CURFs have been confidentialised by removing name and address information, by controlling the amount of detail and by changing a small number of values.
- The ABS provides three different ways to access CURFs - CD ROM, the Remote Access Data Laboratory (RADL) and the ABS Site Data Laboratory (ABSDL).
- The ABS provides three different levels of CURF data - Basic, Expanded and Specialist.
To apply for a CURF
Forms are available on the CURF application and undertaking forms webpage:
- Visit the ABS website to view the list of available CURFS
- Read the Responsible access to ABS CURFS training manual (PDF file, 364kb)
- Download the Request to access a CURF (REQ1) (PDF file, 109kb); if applying for more than five CURFS you will need to complete a Request to access a CURF (REQ2) (PDF file, 109kb)
- If you are a new CURF user download and complete CURF individual user undertaking (IUU1) (PDF file, 170kb)
- Send the completed and signed application to Sally Carpenter, Research and Innovation Services, Mawson Lakes campus.
Once your application is received in Research and Innovation Services we will forward your application to the ABS.
Further information
For further information please contact Sally Carpenter, Manager: Research Performance Monitoring on x23955 or email sally.carpenter@unisa.edu.au.