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Australian Youth Facts and Stats
This site provides facts and statistics about Australia's youth: how many there are, what they do and what they're like. The site is for anyone needing quick access to data about young people, and helps you get to the facts fast. For "quick pick" data, try the Australian Youth Profile page.
To locate research and statistical data in brief form, select a topic and follow the links for more detailed information.
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Employment
Details ... (updated 2008-08-22)
Time use
How Australians use their time, 2006 contains findings from the third Australian Time Use Survey conducted by the ABS. Details ... (updated 2008-08-21)
2008
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2003 and earlier
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2004-2006
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2007
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2007 and earlier
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2005 and earlier
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Secondary education, 2007 and earlier
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Teen mothers
Recent PhD research at the University of Canberra on the complexity of motherhood and teenage pregnancy has initiated the first step in developing a framework for student welfare policy and guidelines for teenage mothers in the education system. Details ... (updated 2008-08-21)
Secondary education, 2008
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AIFS: teen-parent relationships
Research on how parents and teenagers get along together has been published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. It draws on data from the Australian Temperament Project. Details ... (updated 2008-08-14)
Supporting the families of young people with problematic drug use
The 2008 ANCD report, 'Supporting the families of young people with problematic drug use: Investigating support options' describes how family members may need support to cope with the impact of a young person’s substance misuse on their day-to-day functioning. Family members are most likely to encounter alcohol misuse by a young person, with at least 1 in 5 young people consuming alcohol on a weekly basis by middle adolescence. Details ... (updated 2008-08-08)
Australia's Health 2008
'Australia's health 2008', the 11th biennial report in a series from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, charts the progress of Australians' health in the past two decades or more. It describes the health status of Australians as a population; disparities between particular groups of Australians; factors that influence health; specific diseases; expenditure and the workforce; and indicators used to monitor these. Details ... (updated 2008-08-08)
Injury among young Australians
The report, 'Injury among young Australians', released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in June 2008, draws together data on injury-related deaths, hospitalisations and incidence among young Australians aged 12-24 years. It examines the burden of injury among young people along with the following causes of injury: transport accidents, intentional self-harm and suicide, accidental poisoning and assault. Details ... (updated 2008-08-08)
Health 2008
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The quality of our information
Material for the Australian Youth Facts and Stats website is located in one of two ways:- ACYS receives press clippings of all youth research-related news stories published in Australian national and capital city daily newspapers. We read each of these stories to see if the content seems relevant to the youth studies field and is based on a reputable source. If so, we then do an internet search for authoritative source material that supports the facts contained in the news story, such as online copies of the source documents (reports, studies, briefing papers) and/or their accompanying media release.
ACYS publishes items on the Australian Youth Facts and Stats website only if suitable supporting material is available online.
- ACYS regularly checks the websites of relevant government departments and research organisations (see our links section) for any newly published youth-related data suitable for inclusion on the Australian Youth Facts and Stats website.
In both cases, links to online source documents are contained at the end of each Australian Youth Facts and Stats item for reader reference and further information. Citations for newspaper articles are also included in items sourced from our press clippings.
While ACYS takes great care to ensure that the information published on Australian Youth Facts and Stats is accurate and up to date, site visitors should exercise their own skill and judgement prior to using the information. Any inaccuracies on the Australian Youth Facts and Stats site brought to the attention of ACYS will be corrected as soon as possible.