Income support payments cater for different circumstances, such as disability, sickness, unemployment, caring and parenting responsibilities.
Key highlights from the paper include:
- information on eligibility criteria for income support payments
- time series data on income support payments from 1992-2002
- data on customer characteristics, such as age, gender, duration on payment, state and territory, home ownership status and country of birth
- data on short-term and long-term unemployed customers, as well as mature age income support recipients
- information on Family Tax Benefit customers and child care support services
- an overview of the diversity and economic importance of Australia's social security arrangements with overseas countries.
The publication is expected to provide a ready source of payment information data for government, university and research institutions, community organisations and international welfare agencies.