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Programme evaluation
Longitudinal Survey of Indigenous Job Seekers

Longitudinal Survey of Indigenous Job Seekers

The Centre for Aboriginal Economic and Policy Research (CAEPR), under contract to the department, produced three reports and four Issue Briefs from their analysis of data collected in the Longitudinal Survey of Indigenous Job Seekers.

This survey was commissioned by the department and undertaken by the Roy Morgan Research Centre between March 1996 and September 1997. It is unique in Australia as it is the first attempt to track a large group of Indigenous people over time to obtain longitudinal information. The survey involved interviewing 2,500 Indigenous Australian job seekers aged 15 to 65 in selected urban, rural and remote centres three times over an eighteen-month period.

The four Issues Briefs summarised CAEPR’s analysis of the longitudinal survey results:

The three reports provide a detailed examination of the labour market experience of survey respondents:

The first report describes the strengths and limitations of the data and provides an overview of how Indigenous labour market behaviour changes over time - Labour market participation patterns and pathways to Indigenous employment.
The second report examines the job search behaviour of Indigenous job seekers and identifies the characteristics of successful job search behaviour - Indigenous Job Search Behaviour.
The third report examines the efficacy of labour market programs in enhancing employment outcomes for Indigenous participants - Labour market programs and Indigenous Australians.

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