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Table 3 Mean durations (Standard Deviations) and exit rates, PPS only, 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

983 (760)

1665 (1102)

1610 (829)

2485 (1101)

Episode duration including right-censored episodes

901 (986)

1897 (1123)

1515 (1061)

2547 (1155)

Proportion of episodes ending within window

10.3%

13.3%

10.8%

23.9%

  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.