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Towards a gender-related index for indigenous Australians [electronic resource] / M. Yap and N. Bidd...

Towards a gender-related index for indigenous Australia...

Towards a gender-related index for indigenous Australians [electronic resource] / M. Yap and N. Bidd...

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Towards a gender-related index for indigenous Australians [electronic resource] / M. Yap and N. Biddle.

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Full title

Towards a gender-related index for indigenous Australians [electronic resource] / M. Yap and N. Biddle.

Author / Creator

Publisher

[Canberra] : Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU, 2009.

Date

2009.

Record Identifier

74VvK0GzGDPX

MMS ID

991007943529702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

vi, 33 p.

Contents

Data and geography -- Demography -- Fertility -- National differences in employment and education -- A gender-related index for Indigenous Australians : GRIFIA: methodology, constructing the indices; Ranking regions -- Summary, implications and further work.

Publication information

Publisher

[Canberra] : Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU, 2009.

Place of Publication

Australian Capital Territory

Date Published

2009.

Subjects

Subject Keywords

  • Aborigines
  • Torres Strait Islanders
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Employment participation
  • Participation in education
  • Educational achievement
  • Health status
  • Sex differences
  • Interstate comparisons
  • Statistics

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Scope and Contents

Summary

In the United Nations Development Programme Gender-related Development Index, Australia ranks in the top five across 179 countries, suggesting that women are achieving similar outcomes to men in life expectancy, literacy and earnings at the national level, and that the loss of human development due to gender inequality is minor. However, this does...

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Full title

Towards a gender-related index for indigenous Australians [electronic resource] / M. Yap and N. Biddle.

Notes

General note

CAEPR working paper, 1442-3871 ; no. 52/2009.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-21)

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Address as at 18/07/2011: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Publications/WP/2009WP52.php.

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Record Identifier

74VvK0GzGDPX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvK0GzGDPX

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ISBN

0731549511

9780731549511

DDC

304.60899915

MMS ID

991007943529702626

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