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Some Results from the Living in Australia Study
Family and relationships:
Fertility – behaviour and intentions
Relationship satisfaction
Pregnancy – the next generation
Children with parents living elsewhere
Marriage
Children – do we still want them?
Employment and unemployment:
Work long hours – it may be good for your marriage
National paid parental leave
Pathways into work
Changing jobs
Who works more – men or women?
Working for an education
Working from home
Work–family balance
Non-standard jobs
Jobless households
Income and wealth:
How do your finances stack up?
Low incomes
Increases in wealth
How wealthy are Australian households?
How are wealth and income distributed?
Do the poor get richer?
Does money buy happiness?
Does wealth influence health?
Financial hardship
Retirement and retirement intentions:
Baby boomer surprise
PM uses Living in Australia to guide policy on pensioners
Retirement intentions
Retirement plans
People in retirement
Health, lifestyle and living situation:
Health – doctor visits
How does your lifestyle stack up?
Smoking trends
Your share of housework
Stressful life events
Moving house
Do we like where we live?
Issues that are important to you
Buying a house
What is important to you changes with time
Leisure time
Happiness
Average levels of satisfaction are steady
Does low satisfaction persist?
Have things changed in the last five years for 15–19 year olds?