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Yap, Mandy; Gray, Matthew; Biddle, Nicholas

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The rate of disability in the Indigenous population is substantially higher than the rate for the Australian population as a whole. Despite the relatively high rates of disability experienced by the Indigenous population there has been surprisingly little research in this area to date. This paper addresses some of this knowledge gap by providing an overview of the extent of disability in the Indigenous population. We document the geographic and demographic distribution of Indigenous Australians...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorYap, Mandy
dc.contributor.authorGray, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorBiddle, Nicholas
dc.contributor.otherAustralian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
dc.coverage.spatialAustralia
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-18T02:27:50Z
dc.date.available2017-07-18T02:27:50Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/119268
dc.description.abstractThe rate of disability in the Indigenous population is substantially higher than the rate for the Australian population as a whole. Despite the relatively high rates of disability experienced by the Indigenous population there has been surprisingly little research in this area to date. This paper addresses some of this knowledge gap by providing an overview of the extent of disability in the Indigenous population. We document the geographic and demographic distribution of Indigenous Australians who report a profound or severe disability and compare this to data for the non-Indigenous population. The paper is based upon data from the 2006 and 2011 Censuses of Population and Housing.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe analysis in the series was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) through the Strategic Research Project as well as FaHCSIA and State/Territory governments through the Indigenous Populations Project.
dc.format.extent22 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), The Australian National University
dc.relation.ispartofseries2011 Census Paper (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), The Australian National University); No. 06/2012
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.source.urihttp://caepr.anu.edu.au/publications/censuspapers.php
dc.subjectCensus, Disability, Indigenous Demographic Trends
dc.titleDisability
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paper
local.description.notesIn July 2012, the Australian Bureau of Statistics began releasing data from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing. One of the more important results contained in the release was the fact that the number of people who identified as being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) had increased by 20.5 per cent since the 2006 Census. There were also significant changes in the characteristics of the Indigenous population across a number of key variables like language spoken at home, housing, education and other socioeconomic variables. In this series, authors from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) document the changing composition and distribution of a range of Indigenous outcomes.
dc.date.issued2012
local.identifier.absfor169902 - Studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Society
local.publisher.urlhttp://caepr.anu.edu.au/publications/censuspapers.php
local.type.statusPublished Version
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dc.provenanceIndigenous Population Project
dc.provenancePermission to deposit in Open Research received from CAEPR (ERMS2230079)
CollectionsANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)

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