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Appendix 1 Data appendix
Table 1 Description of the data
Description Derivation and details of construction Variable
name in
data
SYETP participation
indicator
Derived from the weekly calendar files for the 4 survey years, which
cover the survey ‘reference period’. Dummy identifier with code 1 for
all those that have a spell on SYETP in the 1984 survey reference
period after 3 June 1984 or in 1985 survey reference period up until the
1985 interview date. All spells in the job calendar which are a job
where there is a wage received were asked if they got the job through a
government programme (SYETP, then later Jobstart), up to a
maximum of 4 spells in each year had this information collected
although up to 8 spells in a year had start and end dates. The reference
period in the 1984 survey started 1 January 1984 OR the week in
which entered the labour force if later. Reference periods in the 3
surveys 1985-1987 started a week after the interview in the former
survey year, and ended in the week of the current interview. The
calendars correspond to roughly covering a yearly period. The
treatment group, described by the SYETP variable, has differing
programme participation start dates, as described by Richardson (1998)
p5.
SYETP
Sex indicator Sex dummy, with values of 0 for male, 1 for female. female
Marital status
indicator, 1984
survey
Dummy with value of 1 if married or de facto, zero otherwise. Mar84
State initial interview
conducted in 1984
Ethnicity indicator
English language
skills indicator
Main area of
residence before
respondent age 14
Main area of
residence 1984
survey
Time varying marital status dummy, takes the value for marital status
for each survey year, such as 1985 or 1986. Same construction as for
mar84.
Set of dummies. For each state dummy, value of 1 for the state. New
South Wales/ACT, nswact; Victoria, vic; Queensland, qld; South
Australia/Northern Territories, sant; Western Australia/Tasmania,
watas;
Ethnic origin, equals stated ethnic origin if born Australia; otherwise
Asian if respondent or either parent born Asia, Other if not Asian and
respondent or either parent born Middle East, Pacific Oceania or other
(principally Africa, Latin America), European if not Asian nor Other.
Set of 4 indicator dummies: aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, roatsi;
Asian, roasian; European, roeur; Other, rooth.
Set of dummies for English proficiency with value of 1 for efl if
English natural language, else egood if good, epoor if fair, poor or very
poor .
Set of dummies with value of 1 for capital city, cc14; other city, oc14;
country town, ct14; rural area, ra14; overseas, os14.
Set of dummies with value of 1 for capital city, cc84; other city, oc84;
country town, ct84; rural area, ra84;
mar
Nswact; vic
qld; sant;
watas
Roeur,
roatsi,
roasian,
rooth.
Efl, egood,
epoor.
Cc14, oc14,
ct14, ra14,
os14.
Cc84, oc84,
ct84, ra84.