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Employment status of the primarycarer’s partnerInformation on the employment status and working hoursof the primary carer’s current partner was also collectedin wave 3.Of the primary carers who had a partner living in thehousehold at the time of wave 3, 68.9 per cent hada partner who was employed, most of them full-time(82.2 per cent of those who had an employed partner,or 56.6 per cent of all primary carer’s partners). Therewas a higher incidence of non-employment and parttimeemployment among partners in the relatively moreisolated areas (Table 25).The reasons the primary carer’s partner was not inpaid employment tended to be more job-relatedcompared to the reasons for the primary carer’s nonemployment(Figure 17). In particular, the most commonreason for the primary carer’s partner not to have a jobwas the unavailability of jobs (29.6 per cent for bothcohorts combined). Other job or career-related reasonsmentioned by respondents included studying and thelack of interesting or flexible enough jobs.Table 25: Employment status of the primary carer’s partner, per centLORIEmployment statusNone (urban) Low ModerateHigh orextremeAll locationsNot employed 21.4 37.2 33.3 30.7 31.1Employed part-time 9.1 9.5 23.7 16.8 12.3Employed full-time 69.5 53.3 43.0 52.5 56.6Figure 17: Reasons the primary carer’s partner is not in paid jobFootprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children | Key Summary Report from Wave 339