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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141784903321

Autore

Biddle Nicholas

Titolo

Demographic and socioeconomic outcomes across the Indigenous Australian lifecourse : evidence from the 2006 census / / Nicholas Biddle and Many Yap

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, ACT, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-921862-02-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Research monograph (The Australian National University, Canberra. College of Arts and Social Sciences. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; ; number 31

Disciplina

304.60

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions

Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions

Economic forecasting - Australia

Social prediction - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Across almost all standard indicators, the Indigenous population of Australia has worse outcomes than the non-Indigenous population. Despite the abundance of statistics and a plethora of government reports on Indigenous outcomes, there is very little information on how Indigenous disadvantage accumulates or is mitigated through time at the individual level. The research that is available highlights two key findings. Firstly, that Indigenous disadvantage starts from a very early age and widens over time. Secondly, that the timing of key life events including education attendance, marriage, childbirth and retirement occur on average at different ages for the Indigenous compared to the non-Indigenous population. To target policy interventions that will contribute to meeting the Council of Australian Governments¿ (COAG) Closing the Gap targets, it is important to understand and acknowledge the differences between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous lifecourse in Australia, as well as the factors that lead to variation within the Indigenous population.