Australia's welfare 1995: services and assistance
released: 30 Nov 1995 author: AIHW
The Institute's second biennial report to Parliament on Australia's welfare services, and the most comprehensive and authoritative source of national information on welfare services in Australia-housing assistance, children's services, aged care services and disability services. The report provides details on the need for services; patterns of service use; client characteristics; costs and expenditure; and affordability, accessibility and appropriateness of services. Overall patterns of welfare expenditure and future directions in the development of national welfare statistics discussed. The essential reference on welfare statistics in Australia.
ISSN 1321 1445; Cat. no. AIHW 28; 424pp.; OUT OF PRINT
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Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material (HTML)
- Title page and verso
- Letter of transmittal
- Contents
- Editors and authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapters
- Introduction (HTML)
- Welfare services expenditure (HTML)
- Introduction
- Government expenditure on welfare services
- Estimates of the contribution of community social welfare organisations
- Contribution of volunteers and the informal sector to the
provision of welfare services
- International comparisons
- Conclusion
- Housing assistance and services (HTML)
- Introduction
- Housing a changing population
- Housing need in Australia
- Housing assistance and services
- The recipients of housing assistance
- Housing assistance outcomes
- Conclusion
- Services for children (HTML)
- Introduction
- Children's services
- Child welfare services
- Conclusion
- Aged care (HTML)
- Introduction
- The need for care
- Service provision
- Outcomes
- Conclusion
- Disability services (HTML)
- Introduction
- Population data: disability and handicap in Australia
- Disability services and assistance
- Outcomes
- Conclusion
- Data development: achievements and directions (HTML)
- Introduction
- Government agencies and national welfare services statistics
- Developments in national data
- Progress and directions
- Conclusion
- Conclusions (HTML)
- End matter
- Appendixes
- Appendix I: List of tables and figures (HTML)
- Appendix II: Appendix tables
- Appendix III: Common abbreviations (HTML)
- Index
Recommended citation
AIHW 1995. Australia's welfare 1995: services and assistance. Australia's Welfare no. 2. Cat. no. AIHW 28. Canberra: AIHW.