Appendix B: List of measures
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- Table B.1 Employment and financial security measures
- Table B.2 Inclusive homes and communities measures
- Table B.3 Safety, rights and justice measures
- Table B.4 Personal and community support measures
- Table B.5 Education and learning measures
- Table B.6 Health and wellbeing measures
- Table B.7 Community attitudes measures
Policy priority | Measure wording | Alternative wording | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Economic participation | Number of people supported to achieve at least 12 months employment at their work capacity in Disability Employment Services (system measure) | Number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. |
Economic participation | Proportion of people with disability in the labour force who use jobactive and successfully find employment within 12 months (system outcome) | Proportion of people with disability using jobactive who obtain at least one job placement in a 12-month period which later converted to a 26-week outcome | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Employment services | Data dictionary |
Economic participation | Proportion of NDIS participants who get the support they need to do their job(a) (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | NDIS participants job support | Data dictionary |
Economic participation | Gap in proportion of people with disability in the labour force who are unemployed, compared with proportion of people without disability (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Unemployment gap | Data dictionary |
Economic participation | Proportion of NDIS participants aged 15–64 in the labour force who are in open employment at full award wage (population measure) | n.a. | |
Transition to employment | Proportion of VET graduates with disability who are employed on completion of training (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | VET graduate employment | Data dictionary |
Transition to employment | Proportion of NDIS young people (aged 15–24) in employment (system measure) | n.a. | |
Transition to employment | Proportion of young people (aged 15–24) with disability in the labour force who are employed(b) (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Young people in employment | Data dictionary |
Economic independence | Proportion of public sector employees with disability (system measure) | Proportion of Australian Public Service employees with disability | Available data do not currently allow reporting on the wider public sector. Currently an alternative measure is reported. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Public sector employment | Data dictionary |
Economic independence | Gap in median gross income for a person with disability aged 15–64 years compared with people without disability (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Median gross income gap | Data dictionary |
Economic participation | Proportion of NDIS participants with an employment goal in receipt of employment income in the last 12 months(c) (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Transition to employment | Proportion of school leavers with disability who are not in employment, education or training 12 months later(d) (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
n.a. – not applicable; VET – vocational education and training.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of NDIS participants with an employment goal in receipt of employment income in the last 12 months’.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of school leavers with disability who are not in employment, education or training 12 months later’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of NDIS participants who get the support they need to do their job’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of young people (aged 15–24) with disability in the labour force who are employed’.
Policy priority | Measure wording | Alternative wording | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Housing affordability and stress | Average wait time for social housing for people with disability (system measure) | Average time waited for newly allocated households with a member with disability in public housing or SOMIH | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. Data on community housing or Indigenous community housing, which are also included in the concept of ‘social housing’, are not included in this alternative measure as wait list data for these programs are not available. |
Housing affordability and stress | Proportion of households with at least one person with disability in lowest 40% income whose housing costs exceed 30% of household income (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Lower income housing stress | Data dictionary |
Housing accessibility | Proportion of social housing dwellings that meet Livable Housing Design silver accessibility standards (system measure) | n.a. | Data for this measure are being developed. |
Housing accessibility | Proportion of NDIS participants who are happy with current home(a) (population measure) | n.a. | |
Social inclusion and participation | Proportion of NDIS participants who spend free time doing activities that interest them(b) (system measure) | n.a. | |
Social inclusion and participation | Proportion of people with disability actively involved in community, cultural, or religious groups in the past 12 months or have taken part in an activity they organised (population measure) | Proportion of people with disability who participated in community or social activities in the past 12 months | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Social participation | Data dictionary |
The built and natural environment accessibility | Proportion of people with disability who have difficulty accessing government buildings (system measure) | n.a. | |
The built and natural environment accessibility | Proportion of people with disability who had no difficulty accessing buildings or facilities in the last 12 months (population measure) | n.a. | |
Transport system accessibility | Proportion of people with disability who can use all forms of public transport with no difficulty(c) (population measure) |
| See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Public transport usability | Data dictionary |
Information and communication systems accessibility | Proportional difference in digital inclusion between people with disability and the Australian population (d) (population measure) | Difference in digital inclusion between people with disability and the Australian population | Measure wording has been revised to clarify its intent. This revised measure reports the difference in the ADII score between people with disability and the Australian population, rather than the proportional difference between the two populations. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Digital inclusion gap | Data dictionary |
Housing accessibility | Number and proportion of homes that are built to standards according to the National Construction Code (NCC) and the Livable Housing Design, Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) Standard(e) (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Housing accessibility | Proportion of people with disability whose home is suitable and accessible(f) (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Social inclusion and participation | Number of community, political, social, recreational, sporting, religious and cultural groups that have active inclusion policies for people with disability(g) (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Transport system accessibility | Compliance with the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Transport system accessibility | Proportion of people with disability who can access public or private transport when needed(h) (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Information and communication systems accessibility | Proportion of Australian, state and territory, and local government websites that meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 accessibility standard or above (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Information and communication systems accessibility | Proportion of people with disability reporting the internet sites and apps they want to use are accessible(i) (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
ADII – Australian Digital Inclusion Index; n.a. – not applicable; SOMIH – state owned and managed Indigenous housing.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of people with disability whose home is suitable and accessible’.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Number of community, political, social, recreational, sporting, religious and cultural groups that have active inclusion policies for people with disability’.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of people with disability who can access public or private transport when needed’.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of people with disability reporting the internet sites and apps they want to use are accessible’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of social housing dwellings that meet Livable Housing Design silver accessibility standards’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of NDIS participants who are happy with current home’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of NDIS participants who spend free time doing activities that interest them’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of people with disability who can use all forms of public transport with no difficulty’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Difference in digital inclusion between people with disability and the Australian population’.
Policy priority | Measure wording | Alternative wording | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Safety from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation | Number of complaints related to abuse and neglect per 1,000 NDIS participants (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | NDIS complaints abuse/neglect | Data dictionary |
Safety from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation | Proportion of people with disability 15 years and above who have experienced violence compared to people without disability (population measure) | Proportion of adults with disability aged 18 years and over who have experienced violence since age 15, compared with adults without disability | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. The data source does not collect information from people aged 15–17, who are therefore not included in the results presented for this measure. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Experience of violence | Data dictionary |
Trauma-informed policy, processes and programs | Proportion of people with disability who experienced assault and sought advice or support after the most recent incident (population measure) | n.a. | |
Violence against women and their children | Proportion of people with disability experiencing domestic and family violence who are assisted into safe and secure housing when requested (a) (system measure) | Proportion of SHS clients with disability experiencing domestic and family violence who are provided assistance for accommodation when needed | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. |
Violence against women and their children | Proportion of females with disability 15 years and above who have experienced family or domestic violence compared with women without disability (population measure) | Proportion of women with disability aged 18 years and over who have experienced family or domestic violence since age 15, compared with women without disability | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. The data source does not collect information from females aged 15–17, who are therefore not included in the results presented for this measure. |
Rights are protected and upheld | Proportion of people who accessed independent advocacy programs reporting improved choice and control to make their own decisions (system measure) | Proportion of assessed NDAP clients who reported improved choice and control to make their own decision | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Advocacy program support | Data dictionary |
Rights are protected and upheld | Proportion of complaints related to disability discrimination lodged with the Australian Human Rights Commission/relevant state and territory bodies that are investigated and resolved (system measure) | Proportion of complaints related to disability discrimination lodged with the AHRC that are successfully resolved by conciliation | Differences between the national Disability Discrimination Act, and the states and territory acts relating to disability discrimination mean that available data do not allow the intended measure to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. |
Rights are protected and upheld | Proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Freedom from discrimination | Data dictionary |
Rights are protected and upheld | Proportion of NDIS participants who feel able to advocate (stand up) for themselves (population measure) | n.a. | |
Trauma-informed policy, processes, and programs | Number of services for people with disability that use a trauma-informed approach (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Violence against women and their children | Average length of time a child with disability remains in the child protection system compared with children without disability (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Violence against women and their children | Rate of children with disability aged 0–17 who were the subject of a child protection re‑substantiation in a given year (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Violence against women and their children | Proportion of domestic and family violence services that are accessible and inclusive for women with disability(b) (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Access to justice | Proportion of people with disability supported to communicate and participate when interacting with police or judicial officers at court (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Access to justice | Proportion of people with disability who reported having equal access to justice compared with people without disability (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Equitable treatment in criminal justice system | Proportion of people with disability returning to corrective services within 2 years compared with the proportion of people without disability (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Equitable treatment in criminal justice system | Proportion of people with disability detained in prisons and forensic facilities compared with people without disability (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
n.a. – not applicable; SHS – specialist homelessness services; AHRC – Australian Human Rights Commission.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of domestic and family violence services that are accessible and inclusive for women with disability’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of SHS clients with disability experiencing domestic and family violence who are provided assistance for accommodation when needed’.
Policy priority | Measure wording | Alternative wording | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Availability of support | Proportion of people with disability (aged 15 and over) who are satisfied with the quality of assistance received from formal service providers (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Quality of formal support | Data dictionary |
Availability of support | Proportion of people with disability who had their needs fully met(a) (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Needs fully met | Data dictionary |
People with complex, high needs are supported | Proportion of NDIS participants aged 15–64 who responded ’Yes’ to ‘Has the NDIS helped you have more choice and control over your life?’ after two years in the scheme?’ (system measure) | n.a. | |
Informal and carer supports | Proportion of carers who are satisfied with the range of services available to assist in caring role (system measure) | n.a. | |
Informal and carer supports | Proportion of informal carers of people with disability who report that alternative care arrangements are available and affordable (population measure) | Proportion of informal carers of people with disability who report no unmet need for respite care | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Access to alternative care | Data dictionary |
Availability of assistive technology | Proportion of NDIS participants who received assistive technology supports (system measure) | n.a. | |
Availability of assistive technology | Proportion of people with disability who do not need additional aids(b) (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Additional aids | Data dictionary |
Availability of support | Proportion of people who report that they can access mainstream support services when they need them(c) (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
People with complex, high needs are supported | Proportion of NDIS participants who report systems accessed through their individual support package were effective (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Availability of assistive technology | Proportion of people with disability who can access the assistive technology they need(d) (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
n.a. – not applicable.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of people who report that they can access mainstream support services when they need them’.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of people with disability who can access the assistive technology they need’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of people with disability who had their needs fully met’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of people with disability who do not need additional aids’.
Policy priority | Measure wording | Alternative wording | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Participation in early childhood education | % of children with disability enrolled in a pre‑school program the year before full‑time schooling vs representation in community (system measure) | Proportion of children enrolled in a preschool program in the year before full-time schooling (YBFS) who have disability, compared with proportion of children aged 4 to 5 years who have disability in the community | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Preschool enrolment | Data dictionary |
Participation in school education | % of students with disability who complete Year 10 (or equivalent) (population measure) | Proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 (or equivalent) | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. The currently reported measure provides a retrospective look at adults aged 20 and over who had completed Year 10, rather than providing a forecast of completion rates for students with disability, or the proportion of current enrolments who complete Year 10 in a given year. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Year 10 completion | Data dictionary |
Participation in school education | % of students with disability who complete Year 12 (or equivalent) (population measure) | Proportion of people with disability who completed Year 12 (or equivalent) | Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported. The currently reported measure provides a retrospective look at adults aged 20 and over who had completed Year 12, rather than providing a forecast of completion rates for students with disability, or the proportion of current enrolments who complete Year 12 in a given year. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Year 12 completion | Data dictionary |
Participation in tertiary education | Proportion of VET students with disability (aged 15–64) (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | VET participation | Data dictionary |
Participation in tertiary education | Proportion of undergraduate higher education students with disability (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Undergraduate participation | Data dictionary |
Participation in tertiary education | Qualification completion rate for VET students aged 15–64 with disability, compared with students without disability (Population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | VET completion | Data dictionary |
Participation in tertiary education | Proportion of students with disability who complete a higher education qualification (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Higher education completion | Data dictionary |
Participation in early childhood education | Proportion of children with disability who meet school readiness indicators in first year of school (population measure). | n.a. | Future measure |
Participation in school education | Proportion of students with disability attending school 90% or more of the time (system measure). | n.a. | Future measure |
Participation in school education | Proportion of students with disability in Year 9 achieving above the ’needs additional support’ proficiency level for reading (system measure). | n.a. | Future measure |
Participation in informal education | Proportion of people with disability who reported satisfaction with their access to Active Communication Education (ACE) (system measure). | n.a. | Future measure |
Participation in informal education | Proportion of people with disability who report having participated in an informal learning activity in the last 12 months (population measure). | n.a. | Future measure |
n.a. – not applicable; VET – vocational education and training.
Policy priority | Measure wording | Alternative wording | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Health and wellbeing | Proportion of people with disability who reported unmet need for hospital admission in the last 12 months(a) (system measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Unmet hospitalisation need | Data dictionary |
Health and wellbeing | Proportion of people with disability who reported excellent, very good or good health compared with people without disability (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Self-reported health | Data dictionary |
Prevention and early intervention | Number of people with disability with GP-type emergency department presentations (system measure) | n.a. | |
Prevention and early intervention | Proportion of people with disability with difficulty accessing medical facilities (GP, dentist, hospital)(b) (population measure) | n.a. | |
Mental health | Proportion of adults with disability with high or very high levels of psychological distress (population measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | High psychological distress | Data dictionary |
Mental health | Proportions of NDIS participants who report feeling satisfied about their life in general now and in the future (population measure) | n.a. | |
Health and wellbeing | Number of potentially avoidable deaths in hospital for people with disability compared with people without disability(c) (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Health and wellbeing | Proportion of people with disability who are satisfied with the quality of care provided by the allied and community health sector (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Prevention and early intervention | Proportion of people with disability who accessed prevention and early intervention services in the last 12 months without difficulty, compared with people without disability(d) (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Mental health | Rates of restraint of people with disability in acute mental health hospital services (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Mental health | Number of involuntary hospital admissions (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Emergency response | Proportion and number of disaster management services that have disability-inclusive plans in place (system measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
Emergency response | Proportion of people with disability reporting satisfaction in the accessibility of emergency, disaster preparedness and response information and services (population measure) | n.a. | Future measure |
GP – general practitioner; n.a. – not applicable.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Number of potentially avoidable deaths in hospital for people with disability compared with people without disability’.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of people with disability who accessed prevention and early intervention services in the last 12 months without difficulty, compared with people without disability’.
- In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of people with disability who reported unmet need for hospital admission in the last
12 months’. - In the future, this measure will replace ‘Proportion of people with disability with difficulty accessing medical facilities (GP, dentist, hospital)’.
Policy priority | Measure wording | Alternative wording | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Employer attitudes to employing people with disability | Proportion of employers who value the contribution and benefits of employing people with disability (community attitude measure) | Proportion of employers who value the contribution and benefits of employing people with disability | Measure wording has been revised to clarify its intent. The revised measure reports the average rate of positive attitudes to employing people with disability, recognising that for each person the attitude is a continuum. See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Employer attitudes | Data dictionary |
Key sector attitudes to people with disability | Key professionals are disability confident and respond positively to people with disability:
(community attitude measure) | Educators are disability confident and respond positively to people with disability Health workers are disability confident and respond positively to people with disability Personal and community support workers are disability confident and respond positively to people with disability Justice and legal workers are disability confident and respond positively to people with disability | For reporting purposes, this measure was split into 4, one for each key sector. Measure wording has been revised to clarify its intent. The revised measure reports the average rate of confidence and positive attitudes in interacting with people with disability, recognising that for each person the attitude is a continuum. See:
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People with disability in leadership roles | Proportion of people with disability who report feeling represented in leadership roles (community attitude measure) | n.a. | |
Value and respect for people with disability | Proportion of people with disability who report feeling valued and respected in their community (community attitude measure) | n.a. | See Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework | Feel valued and respected | Data dictionary |
n.a. – not applicable.
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