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FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

For this topic, 7 data cubes are currently available. Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: use of, and demand for, child care for children aged 0-12 years; working arrangements of parents with children aged 0-12 years; divorces granted; divorces involving children; median age at divorce; marriages by median age; previous marital status; couples who lived together prior to marriage; type of celebrant; family and community support; community trust; feels able to have a say on important issues; frequency of contact with family and friends; characteristics of friends; social and community participation at home; social and community participation away from home; involvement in unpaid voluntary work; hours contributed to voluntary work; characteristics of people who volunteer.

The migrant population referred to in these data cubes reflects the definition of a 'migrant' as described in the Glossary of migrant related terms unless otherwise stated. This glossary also contains definitions of the data items represented in the table rows of the matrix below. The Australian born population is included in the data cubes for comparative purposes.

For the products below, data are available for the migrant related data items that have a cross ('x') in the corresponding row. To open the data cube, simply click on the product of interest (i.e. column headers) and then click on the data cube icon. For detailed information on how to use these matrices, click on How to use the matrices.

Detailed information on the data collections from which these ABS products are sourced can be found under the Family and Community Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat no. 3414.0).

	Child Care 2005	Disability Ageing and Carers 2003	Divorces 2007	General Social Survey 2006
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of birth (parents)
Country of last residence
Duration of residence
Year of arrival in Australia		x		x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English				x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home	x			x
Main language spoken at home	x
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship				x
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category				x
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics		x		x
Selected work and education characteristics		x		x
Selected economic characteristics		x		x

	General Social Survey 2002	Marriages 2007	Voluntary Work 2006
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of birth (parents)
Country of last residence
Duration of residence
Year of arrival in Australia	x		x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English	x		x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home	x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x		x
Selected work and education characteristics	x		x
Selected economic characteristics	x		x