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

• Autore: Biddle Nicholas
• Pubblicazione: Canberra, ACT, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 304.60
• Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions; Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions; Economic forecasting - Australia; Social prediction - Australia
• Persona (resp. second.): YapM (Mandy)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Demographic and socioeconomic outcomes across the indigenous Australian lifecourse
• ISBN: 1-921862-02-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141784903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research monograph (Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; ; no. 31.