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Author Biddle, Nicholas.

Title Demographic and socioeconomic outcomes across the indigenous Australian lifecourse : evidence from the 2006 census / Nicholas Biddle and Mandy Yap
Published Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2010

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Description xv, 177 pages ; 26 cm
Series Research monograph (Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 31. 1036-6962
Contents 1. The Indigenous lifecourse: introduction and overview: Introduction --Analysis of the lifecourse -- An Indigenous lifecourse? -- Overview -- 2. Data and methods: Data -- Model specification -- 3. Fertility and family formation: Residential marital status -- Fertility and the number of children ever born -- Unpaid child care -- Fertility and family formation across the Indigenous lifecourse -- 4. Migration and mobility: Permanent migration and residential mobility -- Temporary mobility -- Migration and mobility across the Indigenous lifecourse -- 5. Education participation: Post-compulsory education participation -- University participation -- Non-government school attendance -- Education participation across the Indigenous lifecourse -- 6. Employment: Employment -- Part-time employment -- Managerial and professional employment -- Voluntary and unpaid domestic work -- Employment across the Indigenous lifecourse -- 7. Housing: Housing tenure -- Overcrowding -- Housing across the Indigenous lifecourse -- 8. Health: 'Core activity' need for assistance -- Survival rates -- Health across the Indigenous lifecourse -- 9. Childhood outcomes: Single parenthood -- Family and household characteristics of Indigenous children -- Childhood outcomes across the Indigenous lifecourse -- 10. An Indigenous lifecourse? Implications and limitations : An Indigenous lifecourse? -- Implications for policy and planning -- Data gaps and future analysis -- Appendix 1: Additional model estimates
Summary Annotation pending
Analysis Aborigines
Australian
Demography
Interstate comparisons
Socioeconomic status
Statistics
Notes Includes tables
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page: http://epress.anu.edu.au
Research monograph (Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) no:31 1036-6962
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Economic forecasting -- Australia.
Social prediction -- Australia.
Author Yap, M. (Mandy)
Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.
ISBN 9781921862021 (paperback)