Table of contents

  • Preliminary material (490KB PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contributors
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Symbols
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (92KB PDF)
      • A review of progress in welfare
      • Housing and homelessness
      • Children and young people
      • Ageing and disability
      • The wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
      • Some data issues
      • References
    2. Children, youth and families (313KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Australia's children and young people
      • Australian families
      • Early childhood and school entry
      • Education and employment
      • Children and young people at risk
      • Data developments
      • Summary
      • References
    3. Ageing and aged care (353KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Australia's older population
      • Work and retirement
      • Social participation
      • Retirement income
      • Support for older people - informal care
      • Support for older people - aged care services
      • Accessing services
      • Client profiles and patterns of service use
      • Outcomes
      • Aged care expenditure
      • Summary
      • References
    4. Disability and disability services (274KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Disability in the Australian population
      • Care, services and assistance
      • Outcomes
      • Summary
      • References
    5. Housing for health and welfare (243KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Economic and social issues impacting on housing assistance
      • Summary of housing assistance programs
      • Current housing policy issues
      • Pressure for change in delivery of housing assistance
      • Information issues facing housing assistance
      • Summary
      • References
    6. The dynamics of homelessness (232KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • The major program response to homelessness
      • Who is turned away from SAAP accommodation?
      • Who counts as homeless?
      • Homelessness before and after SAAP accommodation
      • People in SAAP with mental health and problematic substance use issues
      • Iterative homelessness and SAAP
      • SAAP data from 1996 - 97 to 2005 - 06
      • Policy initiatives
      • Data development
      • Summary
      • References
    7. Welfare services resources (226KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Total financial and human resources for welfare
      • Expenditure on welfare services
      • Funding for welfare services
      • Welfare expenditure
      • International comparisons
      • Human resources for welfare services
      • Community services occupations
      • Community services industries
      • Unpaid workforce
      • Summary
      • References
    8. Indicators of Australia's welfare (291KB PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Healthy living
      • Autonomy and participation
      • Social cohesion
      • Summary
      • References
  • End matter