Australia's welfare 1993: services and assistance

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Publication table of contents

• Contents
• List of tables
• List of figures
• List of boxes
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Commonly used abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Historical overview
  • 1.2 Structure of Australia's welfare services system
  • 1.3 Scope of the report
• 2 Welfare services statistics in Australia
  • 2.1 The field of welfare statistics
  • 2.2 The social indicators movement
  • 2.3 Government concerns on health and welfare research and statistics
  • 2.4 The Australian Bureau of Statistics: developments in social statistics
  • 2.5 Statistical developments in Commonwealth departments responsible for welfare and community services
  • 2.6 WELSTAT 1977-1992: the national development of State-based welfare data
  • 2.7 Welfare function at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • 2.8 Establishment of welfare and welfare-related research organisations
  • 2.9 Sources of statistics on welfare
  • 2.10 Conclusion
• 3 Housing assistance and services
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 A history of housing assistance: the CSHA and SAAP
  • 3.3 Population data; indicators of housing need
  • 3.4 Housing assistance and services
  • 3.5 The recipients of housing assistance
  • 3.6 Housing outcomes: comparing need and the provision of assistance
  • 3.7 Conclusion
• 4 Children's services
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Child care: history and current developments
  • 4.3 Child care services
  • 4.4 Child care: use of services
  • 4.5 Child welfare: overview
  • 4.6 Child welfare services
  • 4.7 Child welfare: children in need
  • 4.8 Child welfare: substitute care service usage
  • 4.9 Conclusion
• 5 Aged care
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 History
  • 5.3 Population data: indicators of need
  • 5.4 Aged care services
  • 5.5 Comparing indicators of need and service provision
  • 5.6 Conclusion
• 6 Disability services
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 History and current developments
  • 6.3 Population data: disability and handicap in the Australian population
  • 6.4 National picture of disability services and supports: a first overview
  • 6.5 Data developments: a draft national minimum data set for CSDA disability support services
  • 6.6 Conclusion
• 7 Conclusion
• Appendix
• Index