Australia's Welfare 2001

Full publication (2.74MB PDF)

• Preliminary material (501K PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Letter of transmittal
  • Contributors
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Symbols
• Sections

  1. Introduction (40K PDF)

     1. Government policy initiatives
     2. Developments in community services and housing information
     3. Performance indicators and data development
     4. ABS activities
     5. Developments in longitudinal data and cross-sectoral analysis
  2. Welfare services resources (170K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Total resources
     3. The contribution of the households sector
     4. The community services workforce
     5. Monetary expenditure on welfare services
     6. International comparisons
     7. Summary
  3. Assistance for housing (207K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. The economic and social background
     3. Housing services and assistance
     4. Housing assistance to Indigenous Australians
     5. Data development
     6. Conclusion
  4. Deinstitutionalisation: the move towards community-based care (181K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. From institution to community
     3. Analysing the census data
     4. Specific policy areas
     5. Conclusion
  5. Children's and family services (226K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Families and children in Australia
     3. Assistance for families
     4. Child care and preschool services
     5. Child protection and out-of-home care services
     6. Adoptions
     7. Data developments
     8. Conclusion
  6. Aged care (232K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. The need for care
     3. Service provision
     4. Outcomes
     5. Summary
  7. Disability services (359K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Prevalence of disability and need for assistance
     3. Services and assistance
     4. Outcomes
     5. Conclusion
  8. Services for homeless people (181K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Concepts of homelessness
     3. Services available
     4. Demand for services
     5. Assistance to SAAP clients
  9. Needs, interventions, outcomes: measurement frameworks (157K PDF)
     1. Introduction
     2. Frameworks for measuring welfare and service performance
     3. Developing indicators of welfare
     4. Future directions
• End matter
  • Appendix tables (388K PDF)
  • Abbreviations (54K PDF)
  • Glossary (41K PDF)
  • Population tables (68K PDF)
  • Index (268K PDF)

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