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Twelve months later: Most Australians facing high levels of challenges covering housing and/or food costs

Botha, F ; Payne, A ; Gamarra Rondinel, A (The University of Melbourne & Roy Morgan, 2023-11-08)

Since August 2022, we have asked respondents questions related to food and housing security and found many were reporting high levels of insecurity. This Taking the Pulse of the Nation (TTPN) report compares responses from the surveys conducted in August 2022, February 2023, and August 2023.
Not able to save for a rainy day

Botha, F ; Gamarra Rondinel, A ; Payne, A (Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne, 2023-11-08)

Are Australians saving for a rainy day? For those not facing challenges covering everyday bills, most would draw from savings or assets if faced with a financial emergency. But for those with current financial challenges, being able to cover an emergency expense is more challenging.
Australians continue to face budgetary constraints in housing, food, energy and healthcare

Payne, A ; Gamarra Rondinel, A ; Botha, F (The University of Melbourne & Roy Morgan, 2023-05-04)

More than 50 percent of Australians reported facing multiple financial challenges covering basic costs such as food, energy, health, and housing.
Most Australians, not just the poor, are facing constraints in covering basic needs: Cost of living increases are leading to financial challenges but respondents are not seeking help

Botha, F ; Gamarra Rondinel, A ; Payne, A (Melbourne Institute, Applied Economic & Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2023-05-04)

A substantial proportion of Australians are reporting challenges paying for necessities, with the severity of insecurity highest among single parents.
Does having jobless parents damage a child's future?

Mooi-Reci, I ; Wooden, M ; Curry, M (Melbourne Institute, 2019)

Growing up in a household where parents are jobless exposes many Australian children to a lifelong cycle of disadvantage. This study provides insight into the factors driving the transmission of joblessness from one generation to the next and identifies where interventions to help break the cycle would be most effective.
Changing the Life Trajectories of Australia's Most Vulnerable Children - Report No. 2 The first twelve months in the Early Years Education Program: An initial assessment of the impact on children and their primary caregivers

Tseng, Y ; Jordan, B ; Borland, J ; Coombs, N ; Cotter, K ; Hill, A ; Kennedy, A (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2018)

This report presents initial findings on the impact on children and their primary caregivers after twelve months of enrollment in the Early Years Education Program (EYEP). EYEP is a model of early years care and education targeted at the particular needs of children who are exposed to significant family stress and social disadvantage. Children who participate in EYEP are offered three years of care and education (50 weeks per year, five hours per day each week). Key features of EYEP are high staff/child ratios, qualified and experienced staff, an infant mental health consultant in the team and a rigorously developed curriculum. A relationship-based pedagogy is used to ensure that children are ready for learning. The ultimate objective of EYEP is to ensure that at-risk and vulnerable children realise their full potential and arrive at school developmentally and educationally equal to their peers. The impact of EYEP is being evaluated through a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) as part of the Early Years Education Research Program (EYERP); otherwise referred to in this report as the ‘EYEP trial’. Children for whom consent was given to participate in the EYEP trial were randomly assigned into either an intervention group who were enrolled in EYEP or to a control group. Estimates of the impact of EYEP on children and their primary caregivers are derived from comparisons of outcomes between the intervention group and the control group. Measurement of outcomes described in this report took place twelve months after entry to the trial.