ARCHIVE: ALL AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL TRENDS ARTICLES 1994 - DECEMBER 2010

Articles are sorted by area of social concern:

1. Population	2. Family and community	3. Health
4. Education and training	5. Work	6. Economic resources
7. Housing	8. Other areas of social concern	9. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

POPULATION


MOST RECENT POPULATION ARTICLES

One for the country: recent trends in fertility	December 2010
Australian households: the future	December 2010
Holidaying abroad	September 2010
New Zealanders in Australia	September 2010
Population growth: past, present and future	June 2010

Population characteristics

Australia's Babies	2007
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2006
Social circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2005
Seachange - new residents in coastal areas	2004
Ancestry of Australia's population	2003
Populations of Australia and New Zealand: a comparison	2001
20th century: beginning and end	2000
Social conditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	2000
Socioeconomic disadvantage across urban, rural and remote areas	2000

Population composition

New Zealanders in Australia Expanding links with China and India	September 2010 September 2009
People in their 50s: then and now	2006
People in their 20s: then and now	2005
People in institutional settings	2003
New Zealanders in Australia	2002
Older overseas-born Australians	2002
Regional population ageing	2002
Asian-born Australians	2001
Indigenous languages	1999
Languages spoken in Australia	1999
Birthplace of overseas-born Australians	1997
Changing links with Europe	1997
Australian citizenship	1996
Expanding links with Asia	1996
Second generation Australians	1995
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	1994

Population distribution

New Zealanders in Australia Relocation across the nation: internal migration and population growth	September 2010 June 2009
Australian expatriates in OECD countries	2006
People in their 20s: then and now	2005
Where do overseas-born people live?	2004
Population characteristics and remoteness Population distribution	2003 2008
Youth migration within Australia	2003
Regional populations: growth and decline	2000
Island populations	1999
Interstate migration	1998
Small towns: which ones are in decline?	1998
Internal migration	1995
Aged Australia	1994

Population growth

One for the country: recent trends in fertility	December 2010
Population growth: past, present and future	June 2010
Relocation across the nation: internal migration and population growth	June 2009
How many children have women in Australia had?	2008
Towns of the mineral boom	2008
International fertility comparison	2007
Migration: permanent additions to Australia's population	2007
Recent increases in Australia's fertility	2007
Pace of ageing: Australia and Japan	2006
Recent fertility trends	2005
Echoes of the baby boom	2004
Coming to Australia	2001
Leaving Australia	2001
Changes in immigration intake	1998
Growth and distribution of Indigenous people	1998
Australia's child population	1997
International population comparison	1997
Australia's population growth	1996
Capital city growth and development	1996
Net overseas migration	1995
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility	1994
Birthplaces of Australia's settlers	1994
Emigration	1994

Population projections

Australian households: the future	December 2010
Population growth: past, present and future	June 2010
Future population growth and ageing	March 2009
Future living arrangements	2005
Scenarios for Australia’s ageing population	2004
Fertility futures	2002
Population Projections for the 21st century	2001
Our ageing population	1999
Projections of the working age population	1995
Projections of the aged population	1994

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FAMILY AND COMMUNITY


MOST RECENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ARTICLES

Parental divorce or death during childhood	September 2010
Child care	June 2010
Jobless families	December 2009

Community functioning

Social participation of migrants	2008
Community participation of people with a disability	2006
Social participation of young people	2006
Being unemployed, a lone parent or a recently arrived migrant	2004
Social interactions outside home	2004

Family formation

Parental divorce or death during childhood	September 2010
Couples in Australia	March 2009
Lifetime Marriage and Divorce Trends	2007
Trends in childlessness	2002
Older mothers	2001
Cultural diversity within marriages	2000
Remarriage trends of divorced people	1999
Adoptions	1998
Family planning	1998
Age at first marriage	1997
Trends in fertility	1996
Trends in de facto partnering	1995
Trends in marriage and divorce	1995

Family functioning

Parental divorce or death during childhood	September 2010
Jobless families	December 2009
Families with a young child with a disability	2008
Fathers' work and family balance	2006
Grandparents raising their grandchildren	2005
Informal child care provided by grandparents	2005
Families with no employed parent	2004
Balancing family and work	2003
Children with parents with a disability	2000
Looking after the children	1999
Spending time alone	1999
Families and work	1997
War veterans and their carers	1996
Family support	1995

Services and assistance

Child care	June 2010
Carers and employment	September 2009
Before and/or after school care	2007
Carers	2005
Community service workers	2004
Formal child care	2004
Support for people with a disability	2004
Child protection	2003
Services in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	2003
People with a disability: need for guidance	2002
Caring in the community	2001
Child care arrangements	2001
Formal respite care	2000
Child care	1998
Principal carers and their caring roles	1996
Child care	1994

Living arrangements

Living alone	December 2009
One-parent families	2007
Children living apart from one parent	2006
Changing families	2003
Farming families	2003
Changes across Australian generations	2002
Selected risks faced by teenagers	2002
Transitions in living arrangements	2002
Future living arrangements	2001
People without partners	2000
Young adults living in the parental home	2000
Caring for children after parents separate	1999
Rural families	1998
One-parent families	1997
People who live alone	1996
Children in families	1995
Changes in living arrangements	1994
Living with parents	1994
Lone fathers with dependent children	1994

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HEALTH


MOST RECENT HEALTH ARTICLES

Men's health	June 2010
Health and socioeconomic disadvantage	March 2010
Smoking, risky drinking and obesity	December 2009

Health expenditure

Health and socioeconomic disadvantage	March 2010
Private health insurance	2001
Private health insurance: who has it?	1994

Health related actions

Health literacy	June 2009
Complementary therapies	2008
How women care for their health	2004
Organ donation	2002
Cancer screening	2000
Food and energy intake	1998
Use of medication	1998

Health services

Medical practitioners	2003
Private hospitals	2001
Medicare: the first ten years	1996
Distribution of general practitioners	1994

Health status

Men's health	June 2010
Health and socioeconomic disadvantage	March 2010
Mental health	March 2009
People with a need for assistance	2008
Disability among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2006
Older people in cared accommodation	2006
Older people with disabilities	2005
Disability among adults	2001
Health and socio-economic disadvantage of area	1999
Health of older people	1999
Mental health	1999
Health experiences of men and women	1998
Health of the population	1997
Protecting the health of our children	1997
The health of Indigenous people	1996
Life expectancy trends	1995
Older people with disabilities	1995

Mortality and morbidity

Diabetes mellitus	2007
Selected chronic conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2007
Chronic conditions and disability	2006
Mortality trends of people aged 50 years and over	2006
Children's accidents and injuries	2005
Colorectal cancer	2005
Cancer trends	2004
Living with asthma	2004
Injuries	2003
Cardiovascular disease: 20th century trends	2002
Infant mortality	2002
Mortality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2002
Drug-related deaths	2001
Mortality in the 20th century	2001
Accidental drowning	2000
Suicide	2000
Asthma	1999
Diabetes	1998
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	1997
Infectious diseases	1997
Accidental death of children	1996
Cancer trends	1995
Youth suicide	1994

Health risk factors

Smoking, risky drinking and obesity	December 2009
Childhood obesity	September 2009
Risk taking by young people	2008
Overweight and obesity	2007
Health risk factors among adults	2003
Work-related injuries	2002
Trends in smoking	2000
Health risk factors and Indigenous people	1996
Alcohol use	1995
Children's immunisation	1994
Tobacco use	1994

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING


MOST RECENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING ARTICLES

Australian workers: Education and workplace training	September 2010
Are young people learning or earning?	March 2010
Preschool attendance	December 2009

Education and work

Australian workers: Education and workplace training	September 2010
Are young people learning or earning?	March 2010
Training for a trade	2007
Young people at risk in the transition from education to work	2005
Higher education graduates in the labour market	2004
Pathways from school to work	2003
School teachers	2003
Work-related training	2003
Combining study and work	2001
Developments in contracted training: apprentices and trainees	2000
Educating and training Australia's workers	1999
Workplace training	1998
Academics	1997
School teachers	1997
From school to work	1996
Employee training	1995
Qualified tradespeople	1995

Educational attainment

Student achievement in maths and science	June 2009
Adult literacy	2008
Education across Australia	2008
Qualification profile of Australians	2007
Education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people	2006
Multiple qualification holders	2005
School students' mathematics and science literacy	2005
Education and training: international comparisons	2002
Literacy and numeracy among school students	2002
Educational profile of Australians	1999
Gender differences in educational achievement	1998
Literacy skills	1998
Education and employment	1997
Early school leavers	1996
Migrants and education	1996
People with degrees	1994

Education and training expenditure

Paying for university education	2004
Expenditure on formal education	1998

Participation in education

Are young people learning or earning?	March 2010
Preschool attendance	December 2009
Adult learning	2008
International Students in Australia	2007
Boys' schooling	2006
Government and non-government schooling	2006
Attending preschool	2004
Regional differences in education and outcomes	2003
Education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	2002
Overseas students	2002
Time spent studying	2001
Trends in completing school	2001
Beyond compulsory schooling	2000
Disability and schooling	2000
Mature age people in education and training	2000
Destinations of school leavers	1999
Government and non-government schools	1997
Education of Indigenous people	1996
Home-based higher education	1995
Overseas students in higher education	1995
Education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	1994
Gender differences in higher education	1994
Time spent on education	1994

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WORK


MOST RECENT WORK ARTICLES

Australian workers: Education and workplace training Older people and the labour market	September 2010 September 2010
Underemployment	June 2010
The labour market during recent economic downturn	March 2010
Are young people learning or earning?	March 2010

Employment arrangements

Australian workers: Education and workplace training Older people and the labour market The labour market during recent economic downturn	September 2010 September 2010 March 2010
Patterns in work	December 2009
Multiple job holders	September 2009
Work, life and family balance	September 2009
Casual employees	June 2009
Maternity leave arrangements	2007
Work-related injuries	2007
Casual employees	2005
Employment arrangements	2002
How pay is set	2002
Working from home	2002
Employment arrangements in the late 1990s	2000
Decline of the standard working week	1999
Small business	1997
Sick leave	1996
Home workers	1995
The working week	1995
Trends in part-time work	1994

Industrial relations

Industrial disputes	2008
Trade union members	2008
Trade union members	2000
Industrial disputes	1996
Trends in trade union membership	1994

Labour force projections

Projections of the labour force

1995

Not in the labour force

Retirement and retirement intentions	March 2009
Retirement and retirement intentions	2000
Early retirement among men	1994

Paid work

Older people and the labour market Are young people learning or earning?	September 2010 March 2010
Patterns in work	December 2009
Multiple job holders	September 2009
Labour force participation across Australia	2008
Labour force participation – an international comparison	2007
Labour force participation of migrants	2006
Trends in hours worked	2006
Trends in women's employment	2006
Labour force characteristics of people with a disability	2005
Nursing workers	2005
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the labour force	2004
Community service workers	2004
Mature age workers and the labour market	2004
Young people in employment	2004
Changes in labour force participation across generations	2003
Longer working hours	2003
Medical practitioners	2003
School teachers	2003
Changes experienced at work	2001
Changing employer or business	2001
Trends in employment population ratios	2001
Migrants in the labour force	1998
Public sector employment	1998
Trends in women's employment	1998
Changing industries, changing jobs	1997
Employment of people with a handicap	1997
School teachers	1997
Work and Indigenous people	1996
Youth employment	1996
Culture-leisure workers	1995

Underutilised labour

Underemployment	June 2010
Barriers to work	2008
Labour force transitions	2005
Geographic distribution of unemployment	2003
Multiple spells of looking for work	2003
Underutilised labour	2003
Searching for work	2002
Unemployment trends and patterns	2001
Long-term unemployment	2000
Retrenchment and redundancy	2000
Men and women wanting work	1999
Older jobseekers	1999
Young jobseekers	1998
Youth unemployment	1995
Long-term unemployment	1994

Unpaid work

Trends in household work	March 2009
Voluntary work	2008
Voluntary work	2002
Time spent on unpaid household work	2001
How couples share domestic work	1999
Voluntary work	1997
Unpaid household work	1994

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ECONOMIC RESOURCES


MOST RECENT ECONOMIC RESOURCES ARTICLES

Income support among people of working age	March 2010
Household debt	March 2009
Trends in superannuation coverage	March 2009

Expenditure

Household debt	March 2009
Trends in household consumption	2007
Household expenditure patterns	2006
Household expenditure patterns by life cycle	2006
Community services sector	2003
Household debt in the 1990s	2002
Households in financial stress	2002
Expenditure in low-income households	2001
Expenditure on gambling	1999
Spending patterns and life cycle	1998
Household expenditure on recreation	1997
State differences in household expenditure	1996
Purchasing power	1995

Income distribution

Government benefits, taxes and income distribution	2008
Women's incomes	2008
Female/male earnings	2005
Household assets, liabilities and financial stress	2004
Household income	2004
Incomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians	2004
Taxes and government benefits: the effect on household income	2003
The geography of income distribution	2003
Value of unpaid work	2001
Women's incomes	2001
Female/male earnings	2000
Interstate income inequality	2000
Trends in earnings distribution	2000
Economic resources of older Australians	1999
Income sharing and income distribution	1999
Lower income working families	1999
Income distribution and life cycle	1998
Poverty: different assumptions, different profiles	1998
Charity at home and overseas aid	1997
Trends in household disposable income	1997
Youth income	1997
Household income redistribution	1996
Income of Indigenous people	1996
Differences in men's and women's earnings	1995
Value of unpaid work	1995
Women's contribution to couple earnings	1995
Trends in earnings distribution	1994

Income growth

Purchasing Power

2007

Income support

Income support among people of working age	March 2010
Trends in disability support	2002
Income support among people of workforce-age	2001
Income support for children	2000
Social security transfer payments	1994

Sources of income

Trends in superannuation coverage	March 2009
Sources of personal income across Australia	2005
Employee superannuation	2002
Special employee benefits	1996
Superannuation: who will pay for the future?	1995
Retirement income	1994
Tertiary student income	1994

Taxation

How much tax do we pay?

1998

Wealth

Low income low wealth households	2007
Components of household wealth	2006
Distribution of household wealth	2006

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HOUSING


MOST RECENT HOUSING ARTICLES

Moving house	December 2010
The city and the bush: Indigenous wellbeing across remoteness areas	September 2010
Home and away: the living arrangements of young people	June 2009

Housing arrangements

Moving house	December 2010
The city and the bush: Indigenous wellbeing across remoteness areas	September 2010
Home and away: the living arrangements of young people	June 2009
Renter households	2008
Housing for young adult households	2006
Housing for older Australians	2005
Home ownership	2004
Homelessness	2004
Home ownership across Australia	2003
Renter households	2002
Housing of recent immigrants	1998
Housing after separation	1996
Housing for older people	1996

Housing assistance

Home care, hostels and nursing homes	1999
Government assistance for housing	1997
Public tenants	1994

Housing costs

Housing finance	2001
Housing costs	2000
Purchasing a home	1997
Low income private renters	1995
Housing affordability	1994

Housing and lifestyle

First home buyers	2008
High-rise living	2004
First home buyers	2003
Energy efficiency in the home	2002
Home renovation	2002
Household amenities	2001
Housing experience through life-cycle stages	2001
First home buyers	1999
Environment and the home	1997
Youth housing	1997

Housing stock

Housing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	2008
Larger dwellings, smaller households	2007
Wealth in homes of owner-occupier households	2007
Housing in Sydney - consolidation and spread	2006
Supply of housing	2005
Changes in Australian housing	2003
Housing condition and maintenance	2002
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing in non-remote areas	2001
Caravan park residents	2000
Home fire safety	2000
Housing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	2000
Inner city residential development	1999
Rental investors	1999
Smaller households, larger dwellings	1998
Wealth in the family home	1998
Home ownership	1996
Housing conditions of Indigenous people	1996
Investment in residential rental property	1995
Safe as houses?	1995
Trends in housing	1995
Caravan park residents	1994
Housing the population	1994

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OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL CONCERN


MOST RECENT OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL CONCERN ARTICLES

Environmental awareness and action	June 2010
Who's afraid? Feelings of safety	June 2010
Repeat imprisonment	March 2010

International Comparisons

International comparisons

December 2009

Crime and justice

Who's afraid? Feelings of safety	June 2010
Repeat imprisonment	March 2010
Interpersonal violence	2007
Women's experience of partner violence	2007
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: contact with the law	2005
Higher criminal court outcomes	2005
Women in prison	2004
Crime victimisation and feelings of safety	2003
Criminal justice system	1997
Murder and manslaughter	1997
Prisoners in Australia	1997
Reported crimes	1997
Victims of assault	1997
Violence against women	1997

Culture and leisure

Holidaying abroad Participation in sports and physical recreation	September 2010 2007
Social and sporting activities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2005
Children's out of school activities	2003
How Australians use their free time	1999
Interests in the arts and cultural activities	1999
Sporting Australians	1999
A sporting nation	1995
Culture-leisure workers	1995
Household pets	1995
Leisure at home	1995
Music and performing arts	1995
Travel and tourism in Australia	1995

Environment

Environmental awareness and action	June 2010
Are households using renewable energy?	March 2009
Household waste	2007
Environmental impact of household energy use	2006
Household water use and conservation	2005
Environmental concerns and related activities	2004
Household energy use	1998
Household waste management	1998
People and the environment	1998
People's concerns about environmental problems	1998
Transport choices and the environment	1998

Religion

Religious affiliation and activity	2004
Geographic distribution of religions	1994
Religion and education	1994
Religion and marriage	1994
Religious activity	1994
Trends in religious affiliation	1994

Transport and communication

Internet access at home	2008
Public transport use for work and study	2008
Overseas travel and recent world events	2004
Household use of computers and the Internet	2003
Information technology in the home	1999
Car use	1996
Motor vehicle traffic accidents	1996
Public transport use	1996
Registered cars	1996

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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES


MOST RECENT INDIGENOUS ARTICLES

The city and the bush: Indigenous wellbeing across remoteness areas	September 2010
Housing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	2008

Population

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2006
Social circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2005
Social conditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	2000
Indigenous languages	1999
Growth and distribution of Indigenous people	1998
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility	1994
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	1994

Family and community

Selected chronic conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2007
Disability among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2006
Services in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	2003
Mortality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2002
Health risk factors of Indigenous people	1996

Health

The health of Indigenous people

1996

Education and training

Education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	1994
The education of Indigenous people	1996
Education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	2002
Education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people	2006

Work

Work and Indigenous people	1996
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the labour force	2004

Economic resources

Income of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians	2004
Income of Indigenous people	1996

Housing

The city and the bush: Indigenous wellbeing across remoteness areas	September 2010
Housing and services in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	2008
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing in non-remote areas	2001
Housing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	2000
Housing conditions of Indigenous people	1996

Other areas of social concern

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: contact with the law	2005
Social and sporting activities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	2005