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Transforming data into information

Theresa Negrello

Assistant Director

Disability, Ageing and Carers National Statistical Centre

ABS – an iconic organisation

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

A quick poll

Who has heard of the Survey of disability, ageing

and carers (SDAC)?

Survey of disability, ageing and carers (SDAC)


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)


Household surveys collect disability data



Census collects Need for assistance

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 strongly related to age

Disability in Australia

People with disability are more likely to live in poorer households

0%

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


42%

12%

51%

22%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

With disability Withoutdisability


Hu

nd

red

s

Employed full-time

Employed part-time

Unemployed

Not in the labourforce

Male Female

The participation rate is noticeably lower for those with disability


0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%



Hu

nd

red

s

Employed full-time

Male Female

Participation

58% 88% 49% 78%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

1998 2003 2009 2012 2015


10%

5.3%


People with disability have higher unemployment rates than those without disability


People with disability have higher unemployment rates across jurisdictions

**

Labour force status is related to level of disability


0%

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%

35%

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


0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

2003 2009 2012 2015


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


Non school qualification completion rates are improving, but the gap isn’t narrowing


0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT Total


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+


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


with disability

The proportion of people with disability who reported that they had experienced

discrimination varied according to their labour force status


with disability

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

employed full-time Employed part-time Unemployed Not in labour force


with disability

Those employed full time and unemployed had employer as the most common source

of discrimination, followed by work colleagues

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Employed full-time Employed part-time Unemployed lookingfor work

Not in the labour force

Employer Work colleagues

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Male Female

Has avoided situations Has not avoided situations


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


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


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


www.abs.gov.au

ABS website

ABS Data Laboratory

Growing number of in-postings


Accessing

Data

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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?

[email protected]

We are interested in your feedback

Questions?

Thank you

Additional slides

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



0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

1993 1998 2003 2009 2012 2015

Profound or severe core activity limitation Total with disability

ABS – an iconic organisation

ABS – transforming for the future


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


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

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