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Table 4.1 Difference between treatment group and comparison group
SYETP
mean
s.d.
Non- SYETP
mean
Female 43.3 0.50 41.0 0.49 2.3*
Average age 1984 19.0 1.97 20.1 2.42 1.1*
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander 1.0 0.10 3.1 0.17 2.1*
Other ethnic minority 7.7 0.27 7.9 0.27 0.2
Married 1984 2.9 0.17 12.5 0.33 9.6*
Spouse employed 1984 1.9 0.14 6.3 0.24 4.4*
Children 1984 1.9 0.14 5.8 0.23 3.9*
Highest qualification in 1984
Degree/diploma 7.7 0.27 12.2 0.33 4.5*
Apprenticeship 2.9 0.17 8.6 0.28 5.7*
Other post-school qualification 6.7 0.25 7.1 0.26 0.4
Year 12 of school 23.1 0.42 13.9 0.35 9.2*
Year 11 of school 17.3 0.38 13.6 0.34 3.7*
Year 10 of school 31.7 0.47 31.5 0.46 0.2
Year 9 of school 10.6 0.31 12.6 0.33 2.0*
Parental background when resp. aged 14
Father postschool qualification 26.0 0.44 34.6 0.48 8.6*
Mother postschool qualification 20.2 0.40 18.2 0.39 2.0*
Father manager, professional, para-professional 25.0 0.44 25.8 0.44 0.8
Father not employed 3.8 0.19 5.6 0.23 1.8*
Father not present 19.2 0.40 15.4 0.36 3.8*
Mother manager, professional, para-professional 6.7 0.25 9.8 0.30 3.1*
Mother not employed 48.1 0.50 55.3 0.50 7.2*
Mother not present 8.7 0.28 5.0 0.22 3.7*
Longest job ever held by 1984
Never held a job 11.5 0.32 11.6 0.32 0.1
< 1 year 55.8 0.49 40.1 0.49 15.7*
1 year 13.5 0.34 13.5 0.34 0.0
2 years 13.5 0.34 14.1 0.35 0.6
3 years or more 5.8 0.23 19.8 0.40 14*
Average pre-programme unemployment 69 19.0 1.97 20.1 2.42 7.5*
Ever employed in 1986 70 86.5 0.34 72.9 0.44 13.6*
Ever government programme 1986 71 14.4 0.35 10.7 0.31 3.7*
Number of cases 104 1179
NOTE: Column 5 shows the t statistic for hypothesis that difference of mean for SYETP and comparison
is zero, where * indicates is significant at the 1 percent level of significance.
s.d.
SYETP
versus
comparison
absolute
difference in
means 68
68 The statistic for any variable is the absolute value of the difference in means for SYETP and the control
groups.
69 Proportion of 1984 reference period to 3 June spent unemployed.
70 Ever held a non-subsidised, non-government program job in the 1986 reference period, after the first 17
weeks.
71 Ever go on a government program, including SYETP, in the 1986 reference period.