Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Vitality How have you felt in the last 4 weeks?
- Alive
- Full of energy
- Exhausted
- Tired
1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = always
Outcome will be contructed by taking the average score of the four items.
Mastery How bad are the problems in your life?
- I can solve all my problems.
- I have control over what happens to me in life.
- My problems often become too much for me.
- I sometimes feel powerless in life
1 = not at all true, 2 = not so true, 3 = partly true, 4 = fairly true, 5 = exactly true
Outcome will be contructed by taking the average score of the four items.
Career prospects How do you see your future in your career?
- I think I will find a job soon.
- I have goals for the job and I am getting closer to the goals.
- I have certain things planned so I can find work.
- I know what can help me in my career.
1 = not at all true, 2 = not so true, 3 = partially true, 4 = fairly true, 5 = exactly true.
Outcome will be contructed by taking the average score of the four items.
Social support You are looking for work. Are there people you can talk to about this?
There are people who are
- are interested in it.
- Sometimes I want to talk about it. Then there are people who listen to me.
- Sometimes it weighs on me that I can't find a job. Then I have people who are there for me.
1 = not at all true, 2 = not so true, 3 = partly true, 4 = quite true, 5 = exactly true.
How many people can help you find a job?
1 = nobody, 2 = 1 to 2 people, 3 = 3 to 5 people, 4 = more than 5 people
Outcome will be contructed by taking the average score of the three items.
Employment and welfare status
Employment status (six months after program end):
1: Employed, 2: Unemployed, in employment and integration offer BI, 3: Unemployed, in employment and integration offer BIP, 4: Unemployed, in employment and integration offer SI, 5: Unemployed, without employment and integration offer.
Social assistance status (six months after program end):
Net expenditure on economic assistance
[Note: different dichotomous variables (0/1) are formed for the analysis].
Earnings
Earned income (from employment/self-employment) six months after program end
Reintegration tempo
- Number of days between the end of the program and the start of an employment and integration offer
- Number of days between the end of the program and the start of employment