Theresa Negrello Assistant Director Disability, Ageing...
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Transforming data into information
Theresa Negrello
Assistant Director
Disability, Ageing and Carers National Statistical Centre
Paid employment is a major determinant of living standards
Income from paid work influences outcomes in many areas of life, including
• housing
• education
• health
• wellbeing
• mental health
Paid employment is important
Using ABS data we can provide a rich evidence base
about disability and employment including information
on how employment rates vary according to
• age
• gender
• across the country
• over time
And on the experience of discrimination
Enriching the evidence base
Survey of disability, ageing and carers (SDAC)
ABS holds a lot of disability data
Prevalence
of disability
in Australia
Need for
support of
those with
disability
Demographic
information
Carers
information
Socioeconomic
information
Disability prevalence in Australia
With disability
4,290,100 (18.3%)
With specific limitations or restrictions
3,740,100 (16.0%)
Without specific limitations or restrictions
548,100 (2.3%)
With core activity limitation
3,392,600 (14.5%)
Profound limitation
722,100 (3.1%)
Severe limitation
646,500 (2.8%)
Moderate limitation
599,800 (2.6%)
Mild limitation
1,424,200 (6.1%)
With schooling or employment
restriction only
347,500 (1.5%)
SDAC disability definition
Limitation, restriction or impairment which restricts
everyday activities and has lasted, or is likely to last, for
at least 6 months
Aligns with the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
ABS holds a lot of disability data
Is female
Has a mobility restriction
Has a mild core activity limitation
Is married
Has a disease of the musculoskeletal system
Is 60 years old (median age)
The ‘average’ person with disability
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0-4 5-9 10-15 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90+
2015 2012
Disability prevalence in Australia
Disability prevalence strongly related to age
Disability in Australia
People with disability are more likely to live in poorer households
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
All with reporteddisability
No reported disability Total
Highest quintile
Fourth quintile
Third quintile
Second quintile
Lowest quintile
With disability Without disability
22%
12%9%
Disability employment in Australia
Similar occupation profiles for men and women with and without disability
9% 10% 15% 16%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100% Managers
Professionals
Technicians and tradesworkers
Community and personalservice workers
Clerical and administrativeworkers
Sales workers
Machinery operators anddrivers
Labourers
Inadequately described
People with disability more likely to be not in the labour force and less likely to work
full time
Disability employment in Australia
42%
12%
51%
22%
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
With disability Withoutdisability
With disability Withoutdisability
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Employed full-time
Employed part-time
Unemployed
Not in the labourforce
Male Female
The participation rate is noticeably lower for those with disability
Disability employment in Australia
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
With disability Withoutdisability
With disability Withoutdisability
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Employed full-time
Male Female
Participation
58% 88% 49% 78%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
1998 2003 2009 2012 2015
With disability Without disability
10%
5.3%
Disability employment in Australia
People with disability have higher unemployment rates than those without disability
Disability employment in Australia
People with disability have higher unemployment rates across jurisdictions
**
Labour force status is related to level of disability
Disability employment in Australia
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Profound coreactivity
limitation
Severe coreactivity
limitation
Moderate coreactivity
limitation
Mild coreactivity
limitation
No reporteddisability
Full-time
Part-time
Unemployed
Not in the labourforce
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
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40%
Profound Severe Moderate Mild Schooling oremploymentrestriction
Total withdisability
Withoutdisability
When we look at the level of disability we see people with severe and schooling or
employment restriction more likely to be underemployed
Disability employment in Australia
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
2003 2009 2012 2015
With disability Without disability
Year 12 completion rates are improving for those with disability and
without disability
Things are improving
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
2003 2009 2012 2015
With disability Without disability
Non school qualification completion rates are improving, but the gap isn’t narrowing
Things are improving
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT Total
Things are improving
Non school qualification completion rates are improving, but the gap isn’t narrowing
We can see some improvements in some educational
outcomes, for both people living with and without
disability
But challenges remain…
The above data and trends can be used to target policy
and interventions to improve the education and labour
force participation for those with disability
So what?
Last December for the first time we collected information
on the experience of discrimination for people with
disability
Around 1 in 12 people reported they experienced
discrimination because of their disability
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
The likelihood of reporting discrimination due to disability decreased with age
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
13%
8%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
Has profound/severe core activitylimitation
Has moderate/mild core activitylimitation
Those with profound/severe core activity limitation were more likely to experience
discrimination because of their disability
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
The proportion of people with disability who reported that they had experienced
discrimination varied according to their labour force status
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
employed full-time Employed part-time Unemployed Not in labour force
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
Those employed full time and unemployed had employer as the most common source
of discrimination, followed by work colleagues
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10%
20%
30%
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50%
Employed full-time Employed part-time Unemployed lookingfor work
Not in the labour force
Employer Work colleagues
0%
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40%
60%
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100%
Male Female
Has avoided situations Has not avoided situations
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
Women were more likely to have avoided situations than males
The severity of a person’s disability had some impact on whether a person avoided
situations because of their disability
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Has profound/severe core activitylimitation
Has moderate/mild core activitylimitation
The proportion of people with disability who avoided work varied according to
their labour force status
Experience of discrimination for people
with disability
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Employed full-time Employed part-time Unemployed Not in labour force
The ABS is a rich source of disability employment
information
These data can be used in supporting government
policy making, program management and service
delivery to inform decision making and policy analyses
Evidence-based decisions can assist in the identification
and removal of barriers to workforce participation and
the sharing and up scaling of best practices to national
and international levels
So what?
October detailed SDAC 2015 release
• 60 data tables
Microdata products between October and January 2017
• TableBuilder is a licenced product that enables you to
do your own analyses
• CURF
• State and Territory tables will be out early 2017
– 60 tables for each state
Upcoming releases
ABS website
ABS Data Laboratory
Growing number of in-postings
You can access our data
Accessing
Data
ABS website
ABS Data Laboratory
Growing number of in-postings
You can access our data
Accessing
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ABS – transforming for the future
Aligning our statistical
program to meet Australia’s
current and emerging
information requirements
and priorities
• Identifying unmet requirements
• Increasing stakeholder engagement
in ABS priority setting
• Working with our partners to understand
their information requirements and
develop appropriate statistical solutions
to meet these needs
Maximising the
benefits of statistical
methods and new
sources and
approaches to data
• Less intrusive for respondents
• Less costly
• More comprehensive
• Richer statistics
Leveraging the power of
multiple data sources
and data integration
• New insights
• Improved measurement
• Maximising new approaches
• Richer statistics
ABS – consolidating the survey program
What disability data are you currently using from the ABS?
What are the gaps?
Do you envisage your disability data needs changing in the future?
Going forward, what are likely to the pressing questions and concerns from the field?
We are interested in your feedback
Delivering the 2016 Census of Population and Housing
Making substantive progress on our Statistical Business Transformation (in the broadest sense)
Maintaining high quality key statistics, including:
– Employment and unemployment
– Gross domestic product
– Consumer price index
– Estimated resident population
Increasing the use of data through integration of data from a number of sources and access to microdata
ABS – 2016 priorities
SDAC Sample
Household component (~63,000 people); face-to-face
interview; response rate ~80%
Establishments component (~12,000 people; response
rate ~89%)
Total sample of approximately 75,000 people
Excluded people living in very remote areas
ABS holds a lot of disability data
Disability prevalence in Australia
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15%
20%
25%
1993 1998 2003 2009 2012 2015
Profound or severe core activity limitation Total with disability
Disability prevalence in Australia
2012 2015
Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system and connective tissue
(33.5%)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system and connective tissue
(31.4%)
Mental and behavioural disorders
(18.5%)
Mental and behavioural disorders
(20.8%)
Diseases of the circulatory system
(7.7%)
Diseases of the ear and mastoid
processes (7.4%)
Main disabling condition is diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Disability employment in Australia
People with sensory and speech and physical restrictions are more likely to be
in the work force
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Sensory andspeech
Intellectual Physicalrestriction
Psychosocial Head injury,stroke, or
acquired braininjury
Not in the labour force Unemployed Employed