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Australia's welfare no. 4
The 1999 edition of Australia's Welfare is the fourth biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. It provides a comprehensive report on the provision of community services in Australia. It covers the need for services, their use, cost and the outcomes of service provision.
Authored by AIHW.
Published 25 November 1999 ; ISSN 1321 1455; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 012 3; AIHW cat. no. AUS 16; 412pp.; OUT OF PRINT
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Preliminary material (721K PDF )
Title page and verso
Letter of transmittal
Contributors
Contents
Preface
Symbols
Chapters
Introduction (67K PDF )
Changes in community services since 1997
Directions in family and community services
Taxation reform
Recent developments in community services information
The Review of Commonwealth - State Service Provision
Expenditure on welfare services (410K PDF )
Introduction
Total expenditure
Expenditure by governments
Recurrent government expenditure on welfare services by four welfare services categories
The contribution of community service organisations
Tax expenditures in the community services sector
The contribution of the household sector
International comparison of government expenditure on welfare services
Summary
Changing work patterns and the community services workforce (392K
PDF )
Introduction
Changing patterns of work
The community services workforce
Factors affecting the demand for community services
Factors affecting the supply of community services
Overview and future prospects
Children's and family services (352K PDF )
Introduction
Families and children in Australia
Family payments and tax expenditures
Child care and preschool services
Family support services
Assistance for housing (333K PDF )
Introduction
Profile of housing tenure
Housing services and assistance
Housing assistance for Indigenous Australians
Data development
Aged care (478K PDF )
Introduction
The need for care
Service provision
Outcomes
Summary
Disability services (547K PDF )
Introduction
The prevalence of disability
Services and assistance
Outcomes
Summary
Child protection and support services (262K PDF )
Introduction
Child abuse and neglect
Children on care and protection orders
Children in out-of-home care
Future directions
Services for homeless people (466K PDF )
Introduction
The need for services for homeless people
Programs for homeless people
Recipients of assistance
Services provided
Outcomes for clients
End matter
A correction has been made to
table A7.1, page 350, where data for moderate and mild core
activity restriction was incorrectly calculated, but that the
errors in this table were NOT replicated throughout the text.
