How Important Is the Welfare System as a Source of Income for Indigenous People

Daly, Anne; Hawke, Anne

doi:10.1111/j.1759-3441.1994.tb00099.x

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“…Among the most important of these are the relatively high unemployment rates of indigenous Australians, their poor health status and the large proportion of one-parent families. It has been argued elsewhere that it is necessary to address these underlying sources of indigenous welfare dependence in order to raise the economic status of indigenous people (Daly & Hawke 1994).…”

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“…It also appears to vary by type of pension or benefit. A major example of undercounting of indigenous pensioners, previously noted by Daly and Hawke (1994), appears among old-age pensioners. According to the calculations presented in Table 5 and based on DSS records combined with census data, only 23.2 per cent of indigenous Australian women aged 60 years and over were in receipt of this pension compared with 65.9 per cent of other Australian women in this age group.'…”

Section: Sources Of Income For Indigenous Womenmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…The 1976 Census included a question on sources of income which unfortunately has not been repeated since. These data have been analysed elsewhere (Daly & Hawke 1994) and show that in 1976, indigenous women over the age of 15 years were more likely to be in receipt of pensions and benefits than were other Australian women (33 per cent compared with 26 per cent of non-indigenous women). A smaller proportion of indigenous women received an age pension and a larger proportion received the widows and supporting mother's benefit (as it was then called) compared with other Australian women.…”

Section: Sources Of Income For Indigenous Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Impact of the Welfare State on the Economic Status of Indigenous Australian Women

Daly

Hawke

1995

Australian Economic Review

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This article uses census data and Department of Social Security administrative records to examine the role of social security income in explaining the growth and relative improvement in the income status of indigenous Australian women. The real median income of indigenous women was 81 per cent of that of non-indigenous women in 1991 compared with 74 per cent in 1976. Much of the change has come about from an improvement in the position of indigenous women who were not in employment. The article argues that much of this improvement can be attributed to increased access to social security benefits for indigenous women and therefore needs to be qualified by the circumstances in which these women live. Copyright 1995 The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

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The Impact of the Welfare State on the Economic Status of Indigenous Australian Women

Daly

Hawke

1995

Australian Economic Review

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“…There are various strategies that can be done to reduce poverty levels. Several approach strategies that can be taken include the welfare transfer system by the government [1], community empowerment [2], practice of profit sharing based on local wisdom of indigenous communities [3]. The essence of this approach is to increase community's income so that the level of welfare will also improve.…”

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Customary Forest Utilization: The Determinants of Indigenous (Adat) Community’s Economic Welfare

Hidayat¹,

Surati²,

Sylviani³

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IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Customary forest utilization to improve the indigenous (adat) community welfare must be in line with local wisdom and preserving ecological function, even though they are no longer part of the state forest. In term of sustainable customary forest management, knowledge related to customary forest utilization and community welfare is getting significant to be study object. The paper aims to identify and analyse the determinants of indigenous community’s income. It was conducted in indigenous community of Kasepuhan Karang, Banten in 2018. Data collection was taken by purposive sampling, processed by ordinal logistic correlation and descriptive analysis. The results show the indigenous community has high level of dependence on the forest through on and off farm. From the respondents, the average income from forest use is below the regional minimum wage. While from the partial test results, it is concluded the land owned area and the livelihood type have a significant positive effect on the income level. Therefore, land distribution should be well managed due to conservation issue and livelihoods diversification to increase income level. Nonetheless, formal education level undetermined on income level. Informal education, capacity building of the community regarding to sustainable customary forest management needs to be organized.

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“…The dominance of welfare payments as the major source of income for indigenous Australians has long been recognised (Daly and Hawke 1994). Estimates derived from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 1994 show that 63 per cent of the indigenous adult population quoted income from government transfers as their major source of income.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%