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Australia's welfare no. 3
The 1997 edition of Australia's Welfare describes the provision of welfare services in Australia and contains comprehensive information about: welfare expenditure, children's and family services, child protection, housing assistance, crisis accommodation and support services, aged care services and disability services. It also features a special chapter on families and welfare services.
Authored by AIHW.
Published 21 November 1997 ; ISSN 1321 1455; ISBN-13 978 0 642 24746 9; AIHW cat. no. AUS 8; ABS cat. no. 8905.0; AusInfo cat. no. P344/97; 443pp.; OUT OF PRINT
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Publication table of contents
Preliminary material (77K PDF )
Title page and verso
Letter of transmittal
Editors and authors
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Symbols
Chapters
Introduction (27K PDF )
Welfare services expenditure (201K PDF )
Introduction
Total expenditure
Expenditure by governments
Recurrent government welfare services expenditure
The contribution of community service organisations
Tax expenditures in the community services sector
The contribution of volunteers
International comparisons of government expenditure on welfare services
Summary
Families and welfare services (151K PDF )
Introduction
Sociodemographic change and families
Projections 1996�2006
Implications for welfare services
Children's and family services (227K PDF )
Introduction
Children's services
Family support services
Summary
Housing assistance (165K PDF )
Introduction
Services and assistance
The recipients
The need for and effect of housing assistance
Summary
Children in need of protection (134K PDF )
Introduction
Child abuse and neglect
Children on care and protection orders
Children in out of home care
Adoptions
Data development
Summary
Services for homeless people (95K PDF )
Introduction
Assessing need for assistance
Services and assistance
The recipients of assistance
Crisis assistance outcomes
Summary
Aged care (243K PDF )
Introduction
The need for care
Service provision
Outcomes
Summary
Disability services (298K PDF )
Introduction
Prevalence of disability and need for services
Disability services and assistance
Outcomes
Summary
End matter
