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References and further reading

ABS PUBLICATIONS

A Guide to Australian Social Statistics, 1992, (cat. no. 4160.0).

Social Indicators (Nos 1-5), (cat. no. 4101.0), 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984 and 1992.

Australian Social Trends (cat. no. 4102.0). Annual.


NON-ABS PUBLICATIONS

Bauer, R. A., (ed), 1966, Social Indicators, The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Berger-Schmitt, R., and Noll, H., 2000, Conceptual Framework and Structure of a European System of Social Indicators. EuReporting Working Paper No. 9, Centre for Social Research and Methodology, Mannheim.

Black, A., and Hughes, P., The identification and analysis of indicators of community strength and outcomes', paper prepared for the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services, (DFACS Occasional Paper No. 3). Canberra, 2001.

Eckersley R., (ed), 1998, Measuring Progress: Is life getting better?, CSIRO. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.

Henderson, H., Lickerman, J., and Flynn P., (eds), 2000, Calvert Henderson Quality of Life Indicators: A new tool for assessing national trends, Calvert Group Ltd, Bethesda, USA.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1976 Measuring Social Wellbeing: A progress report on the development of social indicators, Paris.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1982 The OECD List of Social Indicators, Paris.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1986 Living Conditions in OECD Countries: A Compendium of Social Indicators, Paris.

The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1996 National Wellbeing: A System of National Citizenship Indicators and Benchmarks, Report by the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee.

United Nations, New York, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, World Bank and Commission of the European Communities, 1993, System of National Accounts 1993, Brussels/Luxembourg.

Winter, I., (ed), 2000 Social Capital and Public Policy in Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.

United Nations, 1975 Towards a System of Social and Demographic Statistics, New York.