Australian Families - Top Concerns of 2014

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AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES ISSUE AGENDA HEALTH & WELLBEING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS ISSUES... HEALTH ECONOMIC SOCIAL JUSTICE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION ISSUES... www.insidestory.com.au Research conducted by the Inside Story Nationally representative sample of 1,147 people aged over 18 years, from which the sample of families was drawn Fieldwork conducted online by QOR during October 2014, using an offline-recruited panel For further information, please contact us on 02 9299 9979, [email protected] Index of Concern refers to the relative importance of an issue to each age-range of families, compared to the sample population of families with kids as a whole. Index of Concern refers to the relative importance of an issue to each age-range of families, compared to the sample population of families with kids as a whole. TOP ISSUES FACING AUSTRALIA TOP CHALLENGES FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH KIDS Health (of all Australians) Mental health & wellbeing 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.8 ALL Kids 0-4 yrs Kids 5-9 yrs Kids 10-15 yrs Kids 16-17 yrs 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.2 Cost of living (including taxes) ALL Kids 0-4 yrs Kids 5-9 yrs Kids 10-15 yrs Kids 16-17 yrs Transport & infrastructure ALL Kids 0-4 yrs Kids 5-9 yrs Kids 10-15 yrs Kids 16-17 yrs 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.2 1.0 Employment (jobs) Education/ tertiary education Crime and violence Environment Ethnic tensions Aged care Transport & infrastructure Mental health & wellbeing Cost of living Managing personal health ALL Kids 5-9 yrs Kids 10-15 yrs Kids 16-17 yrs Kids 0-4 yrs 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.8 ALL Kids 5-9 yrs Kids 10-15 yrs Kids 16-17 yrs Kids 0-4 yrs Managing relationships with partners/ spouses 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.4 Managing household debt ALL Kids 5-9 yrs Kids 10-15 yrs Kids 16-17 yrs Kids 0-4 yrs 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 Paying regular bills Paying rent or mortgage Spending quality time with children Finding time for leisure/ myself Managing personal health Finding satisfaction with paid work Feeling trapped with responsibility Caring for family Finding stable employment Managing relationships with partners Managing household debt Index of Concern Index of Concern Index of Concern Index of Concern Index of Concern Families with kids... Families with kids... Families with kids... Families with kids... Families with kids... Index of Concern

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AUSTRALIAN FAMILIESISSUE AGENDA

HEALTH &WELLBEING

ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPSISSUES...

HEALTH ECONOMIC SOCIAL JUSTICE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONISSUES...

www.insidestory.com.auResearch conducted by the Inside Story

Nationally representative sample of 1,147 people aged over 18 years, from which the sample of families was drawnFieldwork conducted online by QOR during October 2014, using an offline-recruited panelFor further information, please contact us on 02 9299 9979, [email protected]

Index of Concern refers to the relative importance of an issue to each age-range of families, compared to the sample population of families with kids as a whole.

Index of Concern refers to the relative importance of an issue to each age-range of families, compared to thesample population of families with kids as a whole.

TOP ISSUESFACING AUSTRALIA

TOP CHALLENGESFOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH KIDS

Health (of all Australians)

Mental health & wellbeing

1.0 1.0 1.0

1.3

0.8

ALL Kids0-4 yrs

Kids5-9yrs

Kids10-15

yrs

Kids16-17

yrs

1.0 1.00.9

0.8

1.2

Cost of living (including taxes)

ALL Kids0-4 yrs

Kids5-9yrs

Kids10-15

yrs

Kids16-17

yrs

Transport & infrastructure

ALL Kids0-4 yrs

Kids5-9yrs

Kids10-15

yrs

Kids16-17

yrs

1.2

0.8

0.6

1.2

1.0

Employment(jobs)

Education/ tertiary

education

Crime andviolence

Environment

Ethnictensions

Agedcare

Transport &infrastructure

Mental health &wellbeing

Cost ofliving

Managing personal health

ALL

Kids 5-9 yrs

Kids 10-15 yrs

Kids 16-17 yrs

Kids 0-4 yrs

1.0

0.9

1.2

1.2

0.8

ALL

Kids 5-9 yrs

Kids 10-15 yrs

Kids 16-17 yrs

Kids 0-4 yrs

Managing relationships withpartners/ spouses

1.0

0.9

0.8

0.7

1.4

Managing household debt

ALL

Kids 5-9 yrs

Kids 10-15 yrs

Kids 16-17 yrs

Kids 0-4 yrs

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.1

0.8Payingregular

bills

Payingrent or

mortgage

Spendingquality timewith children

Finding timefor leisure/

myself

Managingpersonalhealth

Findingsatisfactionwith paid

work

Feelingtrapped

withresponsibility

Caringfor

family

Findingstable

employment

Managingrelationshipswith partners

Managinghousehold

debt

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Index of Concern

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