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- Title
Policy challenges of the contemporary socio-economic status of indigenous Australian families.
- Authors
Daly, Anne; Smith, Diane
- Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of the economic status of indigenous families relative to other Australian families. An innovative combination of economic analysis of current census data and ethnographic research is used in the paper, and reveals that indigenous families are experiencing substantial and multiple forms of economic burden in comparison to other Australian families, and display significantly different characteristics. They are more likely to be sole parent families and have on average, a larger number of children and larger households. The adults are younger, have lower levels of education and are less likely to be in employment than other Australians. The poor economic position of indigenous sole parents is highlighted, and the economic role of the aged, matrifocal families, young adults and children are consisdered. The paper concludes by examining the important policy and program implications raised by the research, and argues the need for an increased focus on the particular socio-economic and locational circumstances of indigenous families.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ABORIGINAL Australian economic conditions; SOCIAL status; ETHNOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD surveys; GOVERNMENT questionnaires
- Publication
Australian Journal of Social Issues (Australian Council of Social Service), 1996, Vol 31, Issue 4, p355
- ISSN
0157-6321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1839-4655.1996.tb01284.x