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FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RELEASES STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS MEDIA RELEASES FEATURE ARTICLES INFORMATION PAPERS STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS Family Characteristics and Transitions, Australia (cat.no. 4442.0) Childhood Education and Care, Australia (cat. no. 4402.0) Pregnancy and Employment Transitions, Australia (cat. no. 4913.0) Family, Household and Income Unit Variables, 2005 (cat. no. 1286.0) Marriages, Australia (cat. no.3306.0.55.001) Divorces, Australia (cat. no. 3307.0.55.001) Births, Australia (cat. no. 3301.0) National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2008 (cat. no. 4714.0) How Australians Use Their Time, 2006 (cat. no. 4153.0) Time Use Survey: User Guide, 2006 (cat. no. 4150.0) Unpaid Work and the Australian Economy, 1997 (cat. no. 5240.0) General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4159.0) General Social Survey: User Guide, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4159.0.55.002) Voluntary Work, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4441.0) Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, Australia (cat. no. 6239.0) Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia (cat. no. 6523.0) Household Expenditure Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 2003-04 (cat. no. 6530.0) Labour Force, Australia: Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Families (cat. no. 6224.0.55.001) Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery (cat. no. 6291.0.55.001) Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2003 (cat. no. 4430.0) A Profile of Carers in Australia, 2008 (cat. no. 4448.0) Involvement in Organised Sport and Physical Activity, Australia (cat. no. 6285.0) Australian Census Analytic Program: Counting the Homeless, 2006 (cat. no. 2050.0) National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results, 2007 (cat. no. 4326.0) Australian National Accounts: Non-Profit Institutions Satellite Account, 2006-07 (cat. no. 5256.0) Not-for-profit Organisations, Australia (cat. no. 8106.0) Australian Social Trends (cat. no. 4102.0) Measures of Australia's Progress, 2006 (cat. no. 1370.0) Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, 2009 (cat. no. 1383.0.55.001) Measures of Australia's Progress: At a Glance, 2008 (cat. no. 1383.0.55.002) Year Book, Australia (cat. no. 1301.0) A Picture of the Nation: the Statistician's Report on the 2006 Census (cat. no. 2070.0) Measuring Wellbeing: Frameworks for Australian Social Statistics, 2001 (cat. no. 4160.0) Household Use of Information Technology, Australia (cat no. 8146.0) Back to top MEDIA RELEASES One in five Australians have a mental illness: ABS Seven-in-ten adults have insufficient problem-solving skills for everyday life 2.7 million people moved their usual residence in NSW and Victoria: ABS Nearly two-thirds of Australian households now have broadband Measuring the economic well-being of Australian households: ABS Australia's population growth: births exceed 300,000 a year Fewer Australians own their homes outright: ABS Australian households embrace recycling - e-waste an exception: ABS Statistician's report gives a generational view of Australia More marriages and less divorces in 2008: ABS More de facto relationships, women still do most housework, more energy use at home: ABS Fathers' Day 2008 facts and figures from the ABS Too much work makes Australia's parents pressed for time More couple families without dependent children Families Week facts and figures from the ABS Mothers' day facts and figures from the ABS We're spending less time playing, sleeping and eating but working longer: ABS Over 400,000 women available to take up work, but not looking for work: ABS Canberra/Queanbeyan: de facto families more likely, but fewer kids in families overall - ABS More than 5 million Australians do voluntary work: ABS Back to top FEATURE ARTICLES 2010 Health and socioeconomic disadvantage Income support among people of working age Back to top 2009 Are households using renewable energy? Carers and employment Couples in Australia Family, community and social cohesion Future population growth and ageing Jobless families Living alone Home and away: The living arrangements of young people Household debt Relocation across the nation Trends in household work Trends in superannuation coverage Work, life and family balance Back to top 2008 Barriers to work Child employment Families with a young child with a disability First home buyers Forms of employment Household income, expenditure and wealth Households and families Housing and services in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities How many children have women in Australia had? Internet access at home Labour force participation across Australia Living together: Family, community and social cohesion Marriages, divorces and de facto relationships Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage Physical violence Population distribution Population projections - A tool for examining population ageing Public transport use for work and study Recent increases in Australia's fertility Renter households Social participation of migrants Towns of the mineral boom Voluntary work Women's incomes Back to top 2007 Australia's babies Barriers and incentives to labour force participation Before and/or after school care Experience of personal violence Fertility and its effect on Australia's future population Household waste Income support and other community support programs International fertility comparison International Students in Australia Interpersonal violence Labour force participation – an international comparison Larger dwellings, smaller households Life satisfaction and measures of progress Lifetime marriage and divorce trends Locations of work Low income low wealth households Maternity leave arrangements Migration: permanent additions to Australia's population One-parent families Participation in sports and physical recreation Recent increases in Australia's fertility Skilling mature aged Australian's for work Surf Lifesaving - An Australian icon in transition Trends in household consumption Wealth in homes of owner-occupier households Women's experience of partner violence Work-related injuries Back to top 2006 Ageing Australians Australian expatriates in OECD countries Boys' schooling Children living apart from one parent Community participation of people with a disability Components of household wealth Disability among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Distribution of household wealth Education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people Environmental impact of household energy use Fathers' work and family balance Future living arrangements Government and non-government schooling Household expenditure patterns Household expenditure patterns by life cycle Housing for young adult households Housing in Sydney - consolidation and spread Labour force participation of migrants Recent fertility trends Marriages, divorces and de facto relationships Pace of aging: Australia and Japan People in their 50s: then and now Social participation of young people Trends in hours worked Trends in women's employment Urban and non-urban population Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Back to top 2005 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians - projections 2001 to 2009 Australian home size is growing Australia's top four overseas birthplace groups Education & Work: Young people at risk in the transition from education to work Family Functioning: Grandparents raising their grandchildren Family Functioning: Informal child care provided by grandparents Future living arrangements Household water use and conservation Housing Arrangements: Housing for older Australians Housing Stock: Supply of housing Income Distribution: Female/male earnings Is life in Australia getting better? Beyond GDP: Measures of economic, social and environmental progress Mature age workers People in their 20s: then and now Price impacts on the living costs of selected Australian household types Recent fertility trends Same-sex couple families Service and assistance: Carers Social circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Social and sporting activities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Sources of personal income across Australia Underutilised labour: Labour force transitions Working arrangements Young people in employment Back to top INFORMATION PAPERS Research Paper: Exploring Measures of Low Social Capital, March 2009 (cat. no. 1351.0.55.024) Information Paper: Arts and Cultural Heritage - An Information Development Plan, 2008 (cat. no.4915.0.55.002) Early childhood learning and care: data sources, gaps and opportunities, 2008 (cat. no. 4105.0.55.001) Discussion paper: Defining Sport and Exercise, a Conceptual Model, 2008 (cat. no. 4149.0) Information Paper: Improving Statistics on Children and Youth - An Information Development Plan, 2006 (cat. no. 4907.0) Discussion Paper: Arts and Cultural Heritage in Australia - Key Issues for an Information Development Plan, Mar 2006 (cat. no. 4915.0.55.001) Information Paper: Field of Children and Youth Statistics, 2005 (cat. no. 4910.0) Information Paper: Children and Youth Information Development Plan - Project Plan, 2005 (cat. no. 4909.0) Information Paper: Key Issues Relating to Children and Youth, 2005 (cat. no. 4908.0) Information Paper: Measuring Social Capital - An Australian Framework and Indicators, 2004 (cat. no. 1378.0) Information Paper: Time Use Survey, Australia - Unit Record File, 1997 (cat. no. 4151.0) Occasional Paper: Recent Changes in Unpaid Work, 1995 (cat. no.4154.0) Information Paper: Families in Australia, Unit Record File on Magnetic Tape, March-May 1992 (cat. no. 4416.0) Back to top This page first published 8 December 2006, last updated 22 April 2010

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