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If the ABS guts Australia’s time use survey, women’s work will count for little

  • Written by: Julie P. Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
If the ABS guts Australia’s time use survey, women’s work will count for littleABS, CC BY

Childcare is probably Australia’s largest industry, most of it unpaid.

We know this because of Australian Bureau of Statistics time use surveys. Since 1992 these surveys have recorded what thousands of Australians say they do with their time in diaries kept for 48 hours.

But if the Bureau of Statistics proceeds with its current plans...

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