Welfare expenditure Australia 2002-03

Welfare expenditure Australia 2002-03

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Health and welfare expenditure series no. 24

This report provides estimates of expenditure on welfare services in Australia for the period 1998-99 to 2002-03. It also brings together cash and non-cash benefits for people in need of assistance, using an international framework being developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This publication also contains a special feature chapter on child care in Australia. This report provides an important reference for policy makers into field and those working in the community services sector.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 28 July 2005; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 479 4; AIHW cat. no. HWE 31; 72pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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  • Preliminary material (143K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of  figures
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations and symbols
  • Chapters (282K PDF)
    1. Background and summary 
      • Background
      • Data sources
      • Summary of findings
      • Revisions
    2. Total expenditure on welfare services
      • Welfare services expenditure and the general level of economic activity
      • Expenditure per person
    3. Funding of welfare services in Australia 
      • Broad sources of funds
      • Funding by governments
        • Distribution of government funding
        • Growth in funding of welfare services by category
      • Non-government community service organisations
      • Households
    4. Concessions to households
    5. Social expenditure
      • Cash benefits and benefits-in-kind
        • Old age
        • Incapacity-related
        • Families
        • Survivors and other social policy areas
    6. Special feature: Child care services in Australia
      • Total funding of child care services
      • Average expenditure per child on child care services
      • Employment conditions of children's care workers
      • Hours worked
      • Workforce
    7. Technical notes
      • Government Purpose Classification
        • Welfare services
        • Social security
      • Revisions
        • Revisions due to changes in data sources
        • Revision due to reclassification of expenditure items
  • End matter (152K PDF)
    • Appendix A: Tables - Expenditure and funding of welfare services
    • Appendix B: Population data
    • Appendix C: Tables - Child care services
    • References

Notes and corrections

  1. 20050728: Additional notes (129K PDF)