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Table 2 Mean durations (Standard Deviations) and exit rates, all PP, before and after 1 st July 2007 by age of youngest child

From: Did the 2007 welfare reforms for low income parents in Australia increase welfare exits?

 

Child under 7 at end of episode, episode, ends before 1stJuly 2007

Child 7+ at end of episode, episode ends before 1stJuly 2007

Child under 7 at end of episode, episode ends after 30thJune 2007

Child 7+ at end of episode, episode ends after 30thJune 2007

Completed PP episode duration, days

834 (723)

1568 (1118)

1554 (815)

2436 (1117)

Episode duration including right-censored episodes

722 (954)

1171 (1369)

1310 (1058)

1709 (1414)

Proportion of episodes ending within window

13.9%

13.3%

12.9%

22.7%

  1. Notes: Episode durations refer to complete episodes only and are measured in days. ‘Episode duration including right-censored episodes’ for the period up to 1st July 2007 takes this date as the right-censoring date. The denominator for ‘proportion of episodes ending within window’ is the total number of episodes.