Indigenous household demography and socioeconomic status: The policy implications of 1996 Census data

Daly, A. E; Smith, Diane E

Indigenous household demography and socioeconomic status: The policy implications of 1996 Census data

Date

1999

Authors

Daly, A. E

Smith, Diane E

Publisher

Canberra, ACT : Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), The Australian National University

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of indigenous household demography and economic status relative to non-indigenous Australian households. An innovative combination of economic analysis of 1996 Census data and ethnographic research is used, and reveals that indigenous households are experiencing substantial and multiple forms of economic burden in comparison to non-indigenous Australian households and that they display significantly different characteristics. The findings highlight a number of policy implications.