Family Matters article Jun 2006
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Family Matters article Jun 2006
Assessing family and community life through the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
This article provides an overview of a survey of Indigenous Australians, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), and describes the key measures of family and community in the survey.
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Having children or not
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Dashed hopes?
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Family size
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Factors influencing men's and women's decisions about having children
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
Overview: Ageing issues for Australian families
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
Australia's ageing yet diverse population
This article outlines the changing size and structure of Australia's population, the components of population growth and ageing, and projections for the next 100 years.
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
Are welfare states financing their growing elderly populations at the expense of their children?
In the light of the concerns that demands on social expenditure by the elderly will be met at the expense of benefits and services for children, the aim of this article is to review what has been happening in selected OECD countries in the last 20 years or so.
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
Ageing, living arrangements and subjective wellbeing
In this article, new data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey are used to shed some light on questions around the quality of life in Australia's markedly increased life-expectancy, whether people approaching so-called 'retirement age' are finding the prospect daunting and how older people view their lives.