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Table 2.17 State usage of programmes in 1980/81
New South Victoria Queensland South Western Tasmania
Wales
Australia Australia
SYETP
4.5 3.3 2.9 3.7 3.0 6.1
Commonwealth
2nd SYETP 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.3
Commonwealth
SYETP private 52.2 58.6 58.5 49.7 53.8 45.3
2nd SYETP 2.0 2.4 3.3 3.6 6.5 1.7
private
Extended SYETP 7.3 6.6 8.5 10.6 8.3 6.9
All SYETP 66.2 71.2 73.5 68.1 72.5 60.4
Other programmes 33.8 28.8 26.5 31.9 27.5 39.6
for youths
Source: BLMR (1983) p43 Appendix Table B2. Data is Department of Employment and Industrial
Relations administrative records for commencements to the programme in 1980-81, which thus only refer
to ‘flow’ into the programme and not the total number or ‘stock’ being treated at any one time. Table shows
proportions in the state that sum to 100 per cent of commencements for each state.
2.2.6.4 Factors affecting completion of subsidy placement
Once SYETP placements were made, the placement faced normal employment
conditions, allowing quits and dismissals to occur within the approved subsidy period.
Ginpil and Hoy (1984) used both employer survey and programme participant survey
data to examine the factors affecting completion of subsidy placement. In log-linear
analysis they modelled the completion of the full subsidy period.
Using the employer data, they found that lower completion rates were linked to
employers recording both poor job skills and ‘the occurrence of problems with work or
behaviour’ for a placement, and poor work habits. However the ‘good work habits’ of a
placement did not lead to higher completion except when there was no ‘occurrence of
problems with work or behaviour’ for placements. Higher than average gross wages 51 to
placements also led to higher completion rates. More placements were fully completed in
larger firms, and completion was found to be more generally related to training and
support to placements if problems with work or behaviour were perceived.
51 The question in the 1982 survey based this amount around the value $140 or more per week.