Australian Social Trends
CONTACT
Assistant Director
Social Analysis and Reporting
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Telephone (02) 6252 6214
Facsimile (02) 6252 6870
DESCRIPTION
This publication presents information on contemporary social issues and areas of public policy concern. By drawing on a wide range of ABS statistics, as well as those from other official sources, it describes many of the circumstances that set the course for on-going social change such as the decline of the standard working week, employee training, the implications of an ageing population, the links between health and factors such as socioeconomic disadvantage, and trends in marriage and divorce.
The articles in each edition are organised into chapters, which represent an area of social concern. These include population, family, health, education, work, income and expenditure, and housing. Through extensive referencing to other articles, including those presented in previous editions, connections between issues are highlighted. Each edition usually contains a feature chapter focusing on a current or emerging aspect of well-being.
As well as analytical reviews, the report includes a set of national and State summary tables, which present key social indicators in major areas of concern. These show at a glance how aspects of social well-being are changing over time and how circumstances differ between the States and Territories. Also provided is a set of tables of international comparisons for 18 countries, including OECD countries, Australia's nearest neighbours and major trading partners.
Articles in the Family chapter look at how families form and break up, and what resources are available to enable families to function in a changing society. The articles are organised into four areas:
- Family formation - trends in partnering and separating, fertility, family planning and adoption.
- Family functioning - how we divide our time between family other commitments.
- Family services - child care.
- Living arrangements - focuses on families where the parents have been separated.
TITLE
Australian Social Trends 1994 - present (cat. no. 4102.0).
CONTENTS
Main topics
Population
Family
Health
Education
Work
Income and expenditure
Housing
Crime and justice
Feature topics
Culture and leisure
Environment
Religion
Transport
Reviews in the Family chapter
Family formation
- Adoptions, 1998
- Age at first marriage, 1997
- Family planning , 1998
- Remarriage trends of divorced people, 1999
- Trends in de facto partnering, 1995
- Trends in fertility, 1996
- Trends in marriage and divorce, 1995.
Family functioning
- Families and work, 1997
- Family support, 1995
- Looking after children, 1999
- Spending time alone, 1999
- War veterans and their carers, 1996.
Family services
- Child care, 1994, 1996
- Principal carers and their caring roles, 1996.
Living arrangements
- Caring for children after parents separate, 1999
- Changes in living arrangements, 1994
- Children in families, 1995
- Living with parents, 1994
- Lone fathers with dependent children, 1994
- One-parent families, 1997
- People who live alone, 1996
- Rural families, 1998.
Note: Each new edition includes a cumulative index of all articles in previous editions.
FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION
Annual.
HISTORY OF PUBLICATION
First issue 1994. Before then, Social Indicators (cat. no. 4101.0) 1 to 5 were released between 1976 and 1992.
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