Hardship in Australia: An Analysis of Financial Stress Indicators in the 1998-99 Australian Bureau of Statistics Household Expenditure Survey

FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 4

116 Pages Posted: 23 Dec 2010

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J. Rob Bray

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

Date Written: December 1, 2001

Abstract

Reports on research undertaken using the financial stress questions in the Household Expenditure Survey to develop measures of disadvantage. This is in contrast to traditional social policy research which often simply focuses on income as a measure this research considers outcomes.

Suggested Citation

Bray, J. Rob, Hardship in Australia: An Analysis of Financial Stress Indicators in the 1998-99 Australian Bureau of Statistics Household Expenditure Survey (December 1, 2001). FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 4, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1729046

J. Rob Bray (Contact Author)

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

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