Perceptions of Child Care Affordability and Availability in Australia: what the HILDA Survey Tells Us

Justine McNamara, Rachel Lloyd, Ann Harding

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Abstract

Balancing work and family life has become one of the biggest issues in Australian social policy today. Child care is an essential tool that aids workforce and educational participation of those families that use it, employs thousands of persons within the industry, and hopefully provides an environment that is safe, educational and beneficial to our children. Relatively little research has been conducted into child care affordability and availability, leaving a gap in information for public debate and decision making. This paper aims to lessen this gap by analysing self-reported problems with child care affordability and availability within Australia using data from Wave 2 of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) survey.
Original languageEnglish
Pages1-22
Number of pages22
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 9 Feb 200510 Feb 2005

Conference

Conference9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period9/02/0510/02/05

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