Total sources of income at time of interview (including partial RTW) |
  
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Total sources of income at time of interview (including partial RTW) |
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While the main source of income identifies the general outcome for the injured worker, total sources of income at the time of interview provides a more detailed perspective. Identifying combinations of income can estimate full, partial and non-durable/no RTW outcomes.
Income sources include employment, workers’ compensation and other sources (such as social security, partner’s wages, etc).
Different combinations of income sources have been used to identify RTW outcomes:
Full RTW (employment only);
Partial RTW (employment and some other income); and
No or non-durable RTW (income from any source except employment).
Partial and no/non-durable RTW have been further analysed by identifying workers’ compensation as the only “other” income source.
In the last three years there has been a decline from 55% to 47% in the proportion of total income from full RTW in South Australia (as measured against total sources of income). This ends four consecutive periods of improvement from 45% in 2006-07 to 55% in 2009-10.
In light of what is now a two year negative trend in income from RTW, there has been a corresponding negative trend in "non-durable RTW/no RTW" in the same period from 30% to 37%.
The SA results are significantly worse than the national results shown in the graph below.
Question: Would you please tell me what is your main source of income?
Question: What other sources of income do you have?
