Financial living standards after divorce

 

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Content type
Family Matters article
Published

March 2000

Abstract

A decade ago, the Australian Institute of Family Studies found that mothers (and their children) were at an economic disadvantage after divorce compared with fathers. Now, recent Institute data shed light on the question of whether or not there remains a clear disparity between the post-divorce financial living standards of Australian men and women. This article discusses measuring financial living standards, and presents data drawn from the Australian Divorce Transitions Project, a random national telephone survey conducted in late 1997. As well as addressing the question of whether there is still a clear disparity between the post-divorce equivalent household incomes of men and women, the article also explores which family types are most likely to be in poverty post-separation.

A decade ago, the Australian Institute of Family Studies found that mothers (and their children) were at an economic disadvantage after divorce compared with fathers. Now, recent Institute data shed light on the question of whether or not there remains a clear disparity between the post-divorce financial living standards of Australian men and women. This article discusses measuring financial living standards, and presents data drawn from the Australian Divorce Transitions Project, a random national telephone survey conducted in late 1997. As well as addressing the question of whether there is still a clear disparity between the post-divorce equivalent household incomes of men and women, the article also explores which family types are most likely to be in poverty post-separation.

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