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"Equal Parenting" in Australia
A picture is worth a thousand words:
The graph was constructed from the data in the following table (figures from centrelink
as at June 1998):
Parenting Payments (Single)
| |
Males |
Females |
Total |
| Age |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| Under 20 |
53 |
0.2 |
10,425 |
3.0 |
10,478 |
2.8 |
| 20-29 |
3,709 |
14.5 |
110,861 |
32.0 |
114,570 |
30.8 |
| 30-39 |
10,988 |
43.0 |
144,752 |
41.7 |
155,740 |
41.8 |
| 40-49 |
8,570 |
33.5 |
72,056 |
20.8 |
80,626 |
21.7 |
| 50-59 |
2,009 |
7.9 |
8,426 |
2.4 |
10,435 |
2.8 |
| 60 and over |
217 |
0.8 |
220 |
0.1 |
437 |
0.1 |
| Totals: |
25,546 |
100.0 |
346,740 |
100.0 |
372,286 |
100.0 |
Thanks to:
Lindsay Beaton
Australian Reproductive Health Alliance
tel 02 6287 4422
fax 02 6287 3532
mob 04 1215 9612
web http://www.arha.org.au/
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Posted 1999 07 31
Updates:
2001 02 10 (format changes)
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