Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Letter of transmittal
    • Contents
    • Editors and authors
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction
    2. Welfare services expenditure
      • 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
    3. Housing assistance and services
      • Introduction
      • Housing a changing population
      • Housing need in Australia
      • Housing assistance and services
      • The recipients of housing assistance
      • Housing assistance outcomes
      • Conclusion
    4. Services for children
      • Introduction
      • Children's services
      • Child welfare services
      • Conclusion
    5. Aged care
      • Introduction
      • The need for care
      • Service provision
      • Outcomes
      • Conclusion
    6. Disability services
      • Introduction
      • Population data: disability and handicap in Australia
      • Disability services and assistance
      • Outcomes
      • Conclusion
    7. Data development: achievements and directions
      • Introduction
      • Government agencies and national welfare services statistics
      • Developments in national data
      • Progress and directions
      • Conclusion
    8. Conclusions
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix I: List of tables and figures
      • Appendix II: Appendix tables
        • Chapter 2
        • Chapter 3
        • Chapter 4
        • Chapter 5
        • Chapter 6
      • Appendix III: Common abbreviations
    • Index