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para-professional
Mother not employed 0.48 0.50 0.61 0.49 0.13 1.50 0.55 0.50 0.55 0.50 0
Mother not present 0.09 0.28 0.06 0.24 0.03 0.64 0.05 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.01 1.11
Longest job ever held by 1984
Never held a job 0.12 0.32 0.08 0.27 0.04 0.75 0.12 0.32 0.11 0.32 0.01 0.30
< 1 year 0.56 0.50 0.63 0.49 0.07 0.83 0.41 0.49 0.43 0.50 0.02 1.02
1 year 0.13 0.34 0.18 0.39 0.04 0.66 0.13 0.34 0.17 0.37 0.04 2.12**
2 years 0.13 0.34 0.06 0.24 0.08 1.60 0.14 0.35 0.12 0.33 0.02 1.45
3 years or more 0.06 0.23 0.06 0.24 0 0.20 0.40 0.17 0.38 0.03 1.77*
Average unemployment 103 0.68 0.37 0.80 0.32 0.12 2.08** 0.61 0.41 0.63 0.41 0.02 1.38
Ever employed in 1986 104 0.87 0.34 Na Na Na Na 0.73 0.44 Na Na Na Na
Ever government programme 0.14 0.35 Na Na Na Na 0.11 0.31 Na Na Na Na
1986 105
Work limited by health 1984 0.04 0.19 0.06 0.24 0.02 0.53 0.11 0.31 0.13 0.33 0.02 1.57
Interviewed location in 1984
New South Wales /ACT 0.31 0.46 0.29 0.46 0.02 0.17 0.38 0.49 0.42 0.49 0.04 1.81*
Victoria 0.27 0.45 0.24 0.43 0.03 0.43 0.23 0.42 0.24 0.42 0
Queensland 0.09 0.28 0.20 0.40 0.11 1.75* 0.14 0.35 0.15 0.35 0.003 0.17
South Australia /Northern 0.13 0.34 0.12 0.33 0.01 0.30 0.12 0.33 0.09 0.28 0.03 2.69**
Territory
Western Australia / Tasmania 0.20 0.40 0.16 0.37 0.04 0.69 0.12 0.33 0.11 0.32 0.01 0.53
Capital city 0.58 0.50 0.55 0.50 0.03 0.33 0.46 0.50 0.52 0.50 0.06 2.73**
Other town 0.16 0.37 0.25 0.44 0.09 1.28 0.21 0.41 0.26 0.44 0.05 2.30**
Country town 0.21 0.41 0.12 0.33 0.09 1.54 0.24 0.43 0.18 0.39 0.06 3.38***
Rural area 0.05 0.21 0.08 0.27 0.03 0.70 0.08 0.27 0.04 0.20 0.04 4.10***
Number of observations 104 51 1179 1034
Significance of Student’s t test at level 1% ***, 5%**, 10 % *. T tests of whether means are equal are performed with the assumption of unequal variances, n-1
degrees of freedom.
103 This is the proportion of the 1984 reference period to 3 June that was spent unemployed.
104 Ever held a non-subsidised, non-government programme job in the 1986 reference period, after the first 17 weeks.
105 Ever go on a government programme, including SYETP, in the 1986 reference period.