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A research project about the experiences of young people in Australia.
Eighteen is an age when many young people are making key decisions about their futures. Often influenced by family background, and experiences while growing up, these decisions can have life-long implications. They can also determine whether young people will follow in the footsteps of their parents, or whether their lives will take completely different paths.
Disturbingly, international and Australian research has found that young people from families that have received income support are following in their parents' footsteps, and growing up to become income-support-reliant themselves. Relatively little is known about why this is the case; does this trend stem from a correlation in the circumstances of young people and their parents, or is it because the young people share their parents' knowledge and attitudes towards the income support system?
It is against this background that the Youth in Focus survey is being conducted. The overarching goal of the project is to examine the ways in which economic and social disadvantage, including reliance on income support, might be transferred from one generation to the next. The project will focus on the consequences for young Australians of growing up in families that have received income support. Relative to those who grow up in families that do not receive income support, are these young people more likely to experience periods of income support receipt? If so, what are the factors that influence their dependence on income support?
Approximately 4,000 pairs of 18-year-olds and one of their parents or guardians have been randomly drawn from Centrelink records to participate in the survey. Young people will be asked directly about the challenges they face in achieving their goals and about the support they are receiving from parents, social agencies and the government as they move towards becoming independent adults. Parents will be asked about their children's educational and health background, as well as about their aspirations for their children's future.
The young people will be ...
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- Magazine article from: Youth Studies Australia Colman, Robyn Colman, Adrian June 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Youth Studies Australia Allison, Shiela March 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Welfare dependence.(Poverty)(children on welfare more likely to leave school...
- Magazine article from: Youth Studies Australia Colman, Robyn Colman, Adrian December 1, 2003 700+ words
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- Multiple risk exposure and likelihood of welfare receipt.(childhood...
- Magazine article from: Family Matters SETH-PURDIE, ROBYN March 22, 2000 700+ words
...current re-examination of income support policy. But just as important...McCoull (1999) suggests that young people with parents who are welfare...are more likely than other young people to receive income support themselves. Inter-generational...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire July 25, 2002 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, A research project about the experiences of young people in Australia.