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Families with children aged under 18 years who have family and community support, NSW and Australia 2002 and 2006 (per cent of respondents)

 

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		2002	2006
NSW overall	Overall	87.9	87.8
Age	0-8 years	na	88.4
	9-15 years	na	88.5
Remoteness	Urban	88.2	87.7
	Rural	85.9	88.3
Socioeconomic status	1st quintile (high)	90.2	94.6
	2nd quintile	92.0	88.9
	3rd quintile	87.3	86.2
	4th quintile	88.7	88.6
	5th quintile (low)	78.4	80.4
Australia overall	Overall	88.4	87.5

Note: na - Data not collected in 2002.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, General Social Survey 2002 and 2006

Comment

In 2006, 87.8% of families with children aged under 18 years felt they have family and community support. This percentage has shown little change since 2002.

In 2006, 94.6% of families living in high socioeconomic areas reported that they had family and community support compared with 80.4% of families living in low socioeconomic areas; a difference of 13.8 percentage points.

The percentage of families in NSW who felt they have family and community support was similar to that of Australia as a whole.