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Overcoming indigenous disadvantage - key indicators

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Title

Overcoming indigenous disadvantage - key indicators

Creator

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

2003-11

Abstract

The OID report measures the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have been actively involved in the development and production of the report. Section 1.1 describes the origins of the report, and section 1.2 describes its key objectives. Section 1.3 provides contextual information on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Section 1.4 includes a brief historical narrative to help put the information in the report into context. Section 1.5 summarises some recent developments in government policy that have influenced the report and section 1.6 provides further information on the Steering Committee and the OID Working Group that advises it.

Notes

"These reports generally uses the term ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ to describe Australia’s first peoples and ‘non-Indigenous Australians’ to refer to Australians of other backgrounds, except where quoting other sources." Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this publication may contain images of deceased people.; Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators reports for 2003, 2009,2011, 2014 and 2016

Table of contents

Preliminaries -- Overview chapter -- Introduction -- The framework -- Key themes and interpretation -- COAG targets and headline indicators -- Governance, leadership and culture -- Early child development -- Education and training -- Healthy lives -- Economic participation -- Home environment -- Safe and supportive communities -- Outcomes for Torres Strait Islander people -- Measuring factors that improve outcomes -- Appendices.

Language

English

Subject

Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage (Australia); Aboriginal Australians; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Public welfare administration; Services for

Publisher name

Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

Place of publication

Canberra (A.C.T.)

Format

5 volumes (various pagings) : charts, colour map ; 30 cm

File type

application/pdf

ISBN

9781740375917 (Print); 9781740375900 (PDF)

ISSN

1448-9805 (Print); 2206-9704 (Online)

Use

Copyright

Copyright owner

Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445151 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2003]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445156 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2009]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445158 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2011]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445154 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2014]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445153 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2016]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/267090

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445158

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445153; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445154; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445156; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445151

Page content

TABLE 5A.8.4 Table 5A.8.4 Unit 14 and under 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 + Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: selected cultural characteristics, by age, 2002 and 2008, 2014-15 (a) Total (f) % na 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total (f) '000 na 82.7 71.1 57.8 38.4 32.2 Whether identifies with clan, tribal or language group Identifies % na 4.4 3.8 3.3 4.8 4.0 Does not identify % na 4.0 4.9 5.3 6.0 6.5 Recognition of homelands Recognises homelands Lives on homelands % na 7.8 7.4 8.5 10.0 9.3 Does not live on homelands (b) % na 5.2 3.7 4.2 6.1 5.8 Allowed to visit homelands % na 5.3 3.7 4.4 6.2 5.8 Not allowed to visit homelands % na 44.1 32.0 44.5 45.7 49.6 Total who recognise homelands % na 3.3 2.6 2.4 3.8 2.8 Does not recognise homelands % na 5.3 6.4 7.0 9.4 9.3 Total (f) % .. .. .. .. .. .. Whether identifies with clan, tribal or language group Identifies + na 4.0 4.1 3.9 5.2 4.7 Does not identify + na 3.9 4.2 4.0 5.1 4.8 Recognition of homelands Recognises homelands Lives on homelands + na 2.8 3.3 3.8 4.6 4.7 Does not live on homelands (b) + na 4.4 3.5 4.2 5.7 5.8 Allowed to visit homelands + na 4.4 3.4 4.2 5.7 5.6 Not allowed to visit homelands + na 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 Relative standard error 95 per cent confidence intervals OVERCOMING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE 2016 ATTACHMENT TABLES PAGE 10 of TABLE 5A.8.4