Economic impacts of illness in older workers: quantifying the impact of illness on income, tax revenue and government spending

Table 2 Geometric means of weekly income, transfer payments and tax liability by labour force status for the Australian population aged 45-64 years, 2009

Labour force status	Weekly income	Weekly transfer income	Weekly tax liability (includes Medicare levy)
Employed full-time	1167.0	0.2	166.3
Employed part-time	482.9	0.9	8.9
Not in labour force due to ill health	217.8	74.2	0.0

Note: a)Transfer income includes family payment; b) Negative incomes were excluded from the analysis.

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