Thursday, February 12, 2009

Families in Australia 2008 (Commonwealth Government report)

On 10 December, 2008 the first Families in Australia report was released by the Commonwealth Government through the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The report is titled, Families in Australia 2008 and is available in multiple formats at the PMC website (http://www.pmc.gov.au/publications/families/).

The PMC describes the report as:

"Families in Australia fulfills the Rudd Government’s commitment to produce an annual report that outlines the state of Australian families. The report highlights the ongoing importance of the family to individuals and to society more broadly.

The report provides a summary of the key issues and trends facing Australian families. It examines a selection of key topics, including fertility, caring responsibilities, economic wellbeing of families, health of family relationships and how Australians are balancing work and family responsibilities." - PMC website, accessed 12/2/2008

Contents:

Chapter 1: Overview

Chapter 2: Profile of Australian Families

Chapter 3: Australia's fertility

Chapter 4: Australia's carers

Chapter 5: Family economic wellbeing

Chapter 6: Family relationships

Chapter 7: Balancing work and family

Bibliography

The library is considering obtaining a hardcopy of the report.

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