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Chapter 1: Families are changing Indicator 1 Total fertility rate, 2009
Indicator 2 Average household size, mid-2000s
Indicator 3 Proportion of women, aged 15-64, in the labour market, 2009
Indicator 4 Proportion of children, aged 0-17, living in poor hoursholds, mid/late-2000s
Indicator 5 Public spending on families in cash, in % of GDP, 2007
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Indicator 1 Indicator 2
Total fertility rate, 2009 Average household size, mid-2000s
2.5 4.0
Australia: 1.9 3.5
2.0 3.0 Australia: 2.53
1.5 2.5
2.0
1.0 1.5
1.0
0.5
3.7
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.3
2.3
2.0
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.5
1.4
0.5
0.0 0.0
Chile Belgium OECD Canada Czech Austria Chile OECD Czech Canada Austria Belgium
Republic Republic
Note: For 2009 data refers to 2007 for Canada; 2008 for Brazil, Chile, China, India and Indonesia. Note: The size of households is determined by members who live in the same dwelling
and include dependent children of all ages. For mid-2000s data refers to 2003 for Brazil;
Source: OECD Family database; UNECE; UNSD Note: The size of households is determined by members who
Australia ranks 13 out of 34 OECD countries on the variable 'Total fertility rate, 2009'. Australia's value is 1.9 compared to an Australia ranks 16 out of 31 OECD countries on the variable 'Average household size, mid-2000s'. Australia's value is 2.53
OECD average of 1.74, a maximum value of 2.96 (Israel) and a minimum value of 1.15 (Korea). compared to an OECD average of 2.63, a maximum value of 4.11 (Turkey) and a minimum value of 1.99 (Sweden).
Indicator 3 Indicator 4
Proportion of women, aged 15-64, in the labour market, 2009 Proportion of children, aged 0-17, living in poor hoursholds, mid/late-2000s
80.0 Australia: 66.2 25.0
70.0
60.0 20.0
50.0 15.0 Australia: 11.8
40.0
30.0 10.0
20.0
69.1
66.4
59.6
56.7
56.0
42.2
10.0
10.3
12.7
14.8
20.5
5.0
6.2
10.0
0.0 0.0
Canada Austria OECD Czech Belgium Chile Austria Belgium Czech OECD Canada Chile
Republic Republic
Note: … Note: Poverty thresholds are set at 50% of the equivalised median household income of the
Australia ranks 11 out of 34 OECD countries on the variable 'Proportion of women, aged 15-64, in the labour market, 2009'. Australia ranks 18 out of 34 OECD countries on the variable 'Proportion of children, aged 0-17, living in poor hoursholds,
Australia's value is 66.24 compared to an OECD average of 59.64, a maximum value of 77.22 (Iceland) and a minimum value mid/late-2000s'. Australia's value is 11.79 compared to an OECD average of 12.75, a maximum value of 26.58 (Israel) and a
of 24.24 (Turkey). minimum value of 3.69 (Denmark).
Indicator 5
Poverty rates for children, aged 0-17, in couple-parent two-worker families, mid/late-
2000s
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0 Australia: 1
0.7
2.5
2.9
3.9
4.1
5.8
1.0
0.0
Czech Belgium Austria OECD Canada Chile
Republic
Note: 1. Data refers to 2008 for Germany, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New
Australia ranks 5 out of 33 OECD countries on the variable 'Poverty rates for children, aged 0-17, in couple-parent two-worker
families, mid/late-2000s'. Australia's value is 0.95 compared to an OECD average of 3.88, a maximum value of 20.21 (Turkey)
and a minimum value of 0.16 (Norway).
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Chapter 1: Section 1. Introduction
Proportion of women, aged Proportion of women, aged Proportion of children, aged Proportion of children, aged
Average household size, mid- Average household size, mid-
Total fertility rate, 1980 Total fertility rate, 2009 15-64, in the labour market, 15-64, in the labour market, 0-17, living in poor 0-17, living in poor
1980s 2000s
1995 2009 hoursholds, mid-1990s hoursholds, mid/late-2000s
Country Rank 20 13 10 16 12 11 18 18
Total Rank 34 34 25 31 32 34 28 34
Country value 1.89 1.90 2.69 2.53 58.98 66.24 12.95 11.79
OECD average 2.18 1.74 2.74 2.63 53.00 59.64 12.24 12.75
Country (min) Luxembourg Korea Sweden Sweden Turkey Turkey Denmark Denmark
Min value 1.50 1.15 2.02 1.99 30.23 24.24 1.98 3.69
Country (max) Mexico Israel Mexico Turkey Iceland Iceland Chile Israel
Max value 4.97 2.96 4.60 4.11 76.85 77.22 26.30 26.58
Chapter 1: Section 2. Trends in fertility and family formation
Proportion of women with Proportion of women with
Proportion of women, aged
Secondary education, aged Tertiary education, aged 25-
25-49, living in childless
25-49, living in childless 49, living in childless
households, 2008
households, 2008 households, 2008
Country Rank FALSE FALSE FALSE
Total Rank 19 19 19
Country value FALSE FALSE FALSE
OECD average 31.32 41.43 33.87
Country (min) Turkey Estonia Turkey
Min value 18.12 28.49 20.80
Country (max) Germany Italy Germany
Max value 43.13 49.87 44.70
Chapter 1: Section 3. Changes in household structure
Distribution of adults, aged Distribution of adults, aged Distribution of adults, aged Distribution of adults, aged Distribution of adults, aged
Proportion of the population Proportion of the population Proportion of the population Proportion of the population Proportion of the population Proportion of the population Proportion of the population Proportion of the population Proportion of the population 15+, by educational 15+, by educational 15+, by educational 15+, by educational 15+, by educational
Proportion of households Proportion of households Proportion of households Proportion of households
aged 20+: Single and living aged 20+: Married, 2000- aged 20+: Cohabiting, 2000- aged 20+: Divorced or aged 20-34: Single and living aged 20-34: Married, 2000- aged 20-34: Cohabiting, aged 20-34: Living in parental aged 20-34: Divorced or attainment of partner: Men attainment of partner: Men attainment of partner: attainment of partner: Men attainment of partner: Men
with no children, 2008 with 1 child, 2008 with 2 children, 2008 with 3+ children, 2008
alone, 2000-2007 2007 2007 Widowed, 2000-2007 alone, 2000-2007 2007 2000-2007 home, 2000-2007 Widowed, 2000-2007 and women have high level of with higher education than Women with higher and women have medium and women have low level of
education, 2008 women, 2008 education than men, 2008 level of education, 2008 education, 2008
Country Rank 10 2 FALSE FALSE 8 12 9 24 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
Total Rank 29 29 27 27 27 27 27 27 23 23 23 23 23 18 18 18 18 18
Country value 66.00 34.00 0.00 0.00 18.50 51.20 8.90 21.40 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
OECD average 60.48 19.11 15.29 6.64 14.83 49.70 6.80 28.66 13.19 31.59 12.36 37.06 5.81 13.20 19.22 15.43 27.01 23.74
Country (min) Mexico Switzerland Germany Korea Turkey Canada Turkey Luxembourg Turkey France Turkey Denmark Belgium Turkey Portugal Turkey Portugal Czech Republic
Min value 34.02 10.34 10.01 2.77 3.90 39.30 0.20 8.70 2.40 21.30 0.00 7.60 0.00 5.59 7.75 6.56 3.85 3.50
Country (max) Switzerland New Zealand Canada Mexico Denmark Luxembourg France Turkey Denmark Poland Denmark Turkey Portugal Ireland Germany Finland Czech Republic Portugal
Max value 74.06 42.00 24.00 21.74 24.10 58.20 14.40 50.30 33.70 40.70 28.60 59.70 10.60 21.29 30.28 24.96 61.88 66.94
Chapter 1: Section 4. Work life and family life
Proportion of graduate Proportion of graduate
Part-time employment as a Temporary employment as a Temporary employment as a Employment to population Employment to population Employment to population
Proportion of men, aged 25- Proportion of women, aged Proportion of men, aged 45- Proportion of women, aged degrees in engineering, degrees in engineering, Employment to population Employment to population Employment to population Employment to population Part-time employment as a Proportion of managers,
share of total employment share of dependent share of dependent ratio of mothers, aged 15-64, ratio of mothers, aged 15-64, ratio of mothers, aged 15-64,
34, who have attained 25-34, who have attained 54, who have attained 45-54, who have attained manufacturing and manufacturing and ratio of women, aged 15-64, ratio of women, aged 15-64, ratio of men, aged 25-54, ratio of women, aged 25-54, share of total employment aged 25-54, who are female,
for women, aged 25-54, employment for men, aged employment for women, with youngest child aged <3, with youngest child aged 3-5, with youngest child aged 6-
tertiary education, 2008 tertiary education, 2008 tertiary education, 2008 tertiary education, 2008 construction awarded to construction awarded to 1999 2009 2009 2009 for men, aged 25-54, 2009 2007
2009 25-54, 2009 aged 25-54, 2009 2007 2007 16, 2007
men, 2008 women, 2008
Country Rank 12 11 11 9 12 17 12 11 18 19 2 6 23 24 FALSE 18 FALSE 9
Total Rank 34 34 34 34 28 28 29 34 34 34 34 34 31 31 27 25 22 25
Country value 36.52 47.54 30.46 37.64 75.45 24.55 60.04 66.24 86.27 72.12 6.40 33.94 4.30 6.55 FALSE 48.30 FALSE 70.50
OECD average 32.00 40.23 26.35 26.35 73.84 26.16 56.70 59.64 85.46 70.92 4.41 21.71 8.57 10.96 29.28 52.13 61.48 66.67
Country (min) Italy Turkey Portugal Turkey Greece Japan Turkey Turkey Spain Turkey Czech Republic Slovak Republic Estonia Estonia Korea Hungary Slovak Republic Italy
Min value 15.46 14.27 8.69 7.20 59.98 11.03 28.90 24.24 77.32 27.62 0.85 3.36 2.82 1.28 7.80 13.90 46.60 47.50
Country (max) Denmark Denmark Japan Canada Japan Greece Iceland Iceland Switzerland Norway Ireland Netherlands Spain Spain Slovak Republic Iceland Sweden Iceland
Max value 59.04 66.11 45.43 47.57 88.97 40.02 80.18 77.22 92.92 83.52 7.74 55.45 22.79 25.90 38.20 83.60 81.30 86.50
Chapter 1: Section 5. Child well-being
Number of deaths among Number of deaths among Number of live births Number of live births
Income levels relative to Income levels relative to Income levels relative to Proportion of youth, aged 15- Proportion of youth, aged 15- Proportion of children, aged
children under one year of children under one year of weighing less than 2500 weighing less than 2500 Performance on the PISA Performance on the PISA
OECD average income in OECD average income in OECD average income in 19, not in education, 19, not in education, 11 to 15 years, ranking their
age that occurred in a given age that occurred in a given grams as a percentage of grams as a percentage of reading literacy scale, reading literacy scale,
2005 (OECD average income 2005 (OECD average income 2005 (OECD average income employment or training, employment or training, life as 6 or above on a scale
year per 1 000 live births, year per 1 000 live births, total number of live births, total number of live births, students aged 15, 2000 students aged 15, 2009
in 2005 = 100), 1985 in 2005 = 100), 1995 in 2005 = 100), 2005 1997 2007 of 0 to 10, 2005-2006
1987 2007 1987 2007
Country Rank FALSE 12 12 13 21 17 9 16 19 4 6 FALSE
Total Rank 18 23 27 30 30 25 25 27 31 28 33 25
Country value FALSE 86.15 106.64 8.70 4.20 5.90 6.40 8.07 6.49 528.00 514.90 FALSE
OECD average 77.82 83.52 99.67 12.85 4.89 5.62 6.72 9.15 7.98 492.82 494.15 85.77
Country (min) Mexico Mexico Mexico Japan Luxembourg Finland Iceland Denmark Poland Chile Mexico Turkey
Min value 21.44 25.87 26.46 5.00 1.80 3.50 3.80 1.45 2.46 410.00 425.27 68.00
Country (max) Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Turkey Turkey Hungary Japan Turkey Turkey Finland Korea Netherlands
Max value 117.67 150.62 188.16 71.20 20.70 9.60 9.70 30.22 36.11 546.00 539.27 93.03
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Chapter 1: Section 2. Trends in fertility and family formation
Country Rank
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Chapter 1: Section 3. Changes in household structure
Projected percentage
Distribution of adults, aged Proportion of children, aged
Proportion of children, aged Proportion of children, aged Proportion of children, aged Proportion of children, aged increase in the number of
15+, by educational Proportion of births outside Proportion of births outside Proportion of divorces Proportion of divorces Proportion of divorces Proportion of divorces 0-17, living in
0-17, living with 0 parents, 0-17 living with 1 parent, 0-17 living with 2 cohabiting 0-17, living with 2 married sole-parent families, from
attainment of partner: One marruage, 1980 marruage, 2007 involving 0 children, 2007 involving 1 child, 2007 involving 2 children, 2007 involving 3+ children, 2007 multigenerational
2007 2007 parents, 2007 parents, 2007 earl/mid-2000s to 2025-
partner is a student, 2008 households, 2007
2030
Country Rank FALSE 9 16 23 2 10 20 3 9 3 FALSE FALSE 3
Total Rank 17 27 28 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 23 21 11
Country value FALSE 12.40 32.20 50.70 18.53 21.16 9.61 2.60 16.80 81.00 0.00 FALSE 25.00
OECD average 1.49 11.55 33.37 42.66 27.52 22.39 7.43 1.21 15.21 21.83 72.52 6.58 15.18
Country (min) Greece Korea Korea Mexico New Zealand Italy Italy Canada Greece Greece Sweden Netherlands Germany
Min value 0.02 0.00 1.50 29.41 17.97 9.34 0.92 0.00 5.30 1.20 50.60 0.30 -16.00
Country (max) Hungary Iceland Iceland Italy Portugal Greece Finland United States United States Japan Greece Poland New Zealand
Max value 8.67 39.70 65.62 62.92 39.54 30.03 15.26 3.50 25.80 87.70 92.30 22.00 29.00
Chapter 1: Section 4. Work life and family life
Employment to population Employment to population Average minutes of unpaid Poverty rates for children, Poverty rates for children, Poverty rates for children, Poverty rates for children, Poverty rates for children,
Employment to population Employment to population Average minutes of unpaid Public spending on families in
ratio of mothers, aged 15-64, ratio of mothers, aged 15-64, Proportion of couple families Proportion of couple families Proportion of couple families work done per day by Poverty rates for all children, aged 0-17, in sole-parent non- aged 0-17, in sole-parent aged 0-17, in couple-parent aged 0-17, in couple-parent aged 0-17, in couple-parent Public spending on families in Public spending on families in
ratio of mothers, aged 15-64, ratio of women, aged 15+, work done per day by men, tax-breaks, in % of GDP,
with 2 children aged <16, with 3+ children aged <16, with 0 earners, 2008 with 1 earner, 2008 with 2 earners, 2008 women, aged 15+, 1998- aged 0-17, mid/late-2000s working families, mid/late- working families, mid/late- non-working families, one-worker families, mid/late- two-worker families, mid/late- cash, in % of GDP, 2007 services, in % of GDP, 2007
with 1 child aged <16, 2007 1998-2009 aged 15+, 1998-2009 2007
2007 2007 2009 2000s 2000s mid/late-2000s 2000s 2000s
Country Rank 11 12 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 8 3 5 18 18 4 18 6 5 6 18 12
Total Rank 23 23 21 21 21 21 26 26 26 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
Country value 63.30 58.10 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 65.51 171.60 311.00 11.79 67.83 6.13 50.85 7.91 0.95 1.76 0.65 0.33
OECD average 61.91 58.15 43.97 11.70 30.67 57.63 57.46 137.90 280.30 12.75 61.44 21.29 49.36 17.34 3.88 1.17 0.83 0.23
Country (min) Poland Poland Hungary Estonia Slovenia Turkey Turkey Korea Norway Denmark Iceland Denmark Hungary Germany Norway Korea Canada Chile
Min value 42.70 35.60 24.60 5.36 18.30 18.80 22.71 44.98 225.31 3.69 22.94 5.13 9.64 3.68 0.16 0.02 0.16 0.00
Country (max) Iceland Sweden Sweden Turkey Turkey Slovenia Norway Denmark Turkey Israel Estonia Japan Israel Israel Turkey Luxembourg Denmark Germany
Max value 88.50 84.70 75.60 18.94 62.26 69.31 73.86 186.14 376.65 26.58 94.50 54.57 86.36 37.51 20.21 2.58 2.19 0.90
Chapter 1: Section 5. Child well-being
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Min value
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Proportion of children, aged 0-17, Poverty rates for children, aged 0-
Average household size, mid- Proportion of women, aged 15-
Total fertility rate, 2009 living in poor hoursholds, 17, in couple-parent two-worker
2000s 64, in the labour market, 2009
mid/late-2000s families, mid/late-2000s
Australia 1.90 2.53 66.24 11.79 0.95
Austria 1.39 2.34 66.42 6.17 2.94
Belgium 1.83 2.32 55.99 9.97 2.52
Canada 1.66 2.47 69.10 14.79 4.11
Chile 2.00 3.72 42.18 20.45 5.78
Czech Republic 1.49 2.52 56.68 10.27 0.74
Denmark 1.84 2.13 73.09 3.69 0.57
Estonia 1.63 … 63.01 12.36 3.12
Finland 1.86 2.14 67.90 4.17 1.14
France 1.99 2.38 60.01 8.00 3.00
Germany 1.36 2.09 65.18 8.29 0.61
Greece 1.53 2.73 48.94 13.23 4.04
Hungary 1.33 2.53 49.92 7.24 3.09
Iceland 2.22 2.57 77.22 8.25 4.13
Ireland 2.07 2.85 57.80 16.30 1.85
Israel 2.96 … 55.63 26.58 3.58
Italy 1.41 2.58 46.36 15.30 2.70
Japan 1.37 2.71 59.75 14.22 9.54
Korea 1.15 2.97 52.21 10.27 5.30
Luxembourg 1.59 2.50 56.99 12.39 5.30
Mexico 2.08 4.03 42.98 25.80 11.22
Netherlands 1.79 2.28 70.64 9.56 1.84
New Zealand 2.14 2.65 67.43 12.20 1.00
Norway 1.98 2.14 74.43 5.48 0.16
Poland 1.40 2.84 52.75 21.50 5.72
Portugal 1.32 2.79 61.58 16.55 4.80
Slovak Republic 1.41 2.90 52.79 10.93 1.83
Slovenia 1.53 … 63.83 7.75 2.06
Spain 1.40 2.83 53.54 17.30 5.10
Sweden 1.94 1.99 70.21 6.95 1.41
Switzerland 1.50 2.24 73.76 9.43 …
Turkey 2.12 4.11 24.24 24.59 20.21
United Kingdom 1.94 2.12 65.58 10.08 1.03
United States 2.01 2.57 63.40 21.64 6.55
OECD 1.74 2.63 59.64 12.75 3.88
Brazil 1.86 3.69 56.80 … …
China 1.77 … 69.30 … …
India 2.74 4.80 34.20 … …
Indonesia 2.17 … 49.40 … …
Russian Federation 1.54 2.80 64.90 20.10 15.00
South Africa 2.43 3.90 47.10 … …
Column A Notes For 2009 data refers to 2007 for Canada; 2008 for Brazil, Chile, China, India and Indonesia.
Source OECD Family database; UNECE; UNSD
Column B Notes The size of households is determined by members who live in the same dwelling and include dependent children of all ages. For mid-2000s data refers to 2003 for Brazil; 2007 for India and South
Africa.
Source UNECE
Column C Notes …
Source OECD Employment Outlook 2010
Column D Notes Poverty thresholds are set at 50% of the equivalised median household income of the entire population. For mid-late 2000s data refers to 2008 for Germany, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States; 2007 for Canada, Denmark and Hungary; 2006 for Chile, Estonia, Japan and Slovenia; 2005 for France, Ireland, Switzerland and
Source the United Kingdom; 2004 questionnaire Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain and Turkey.
OECD income distribution for Australia,
Column E Notes 1. Data refers to 2008 for Germany, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States; 2007 for Canada, Denmark and Hungary; 2006 for Chile, Estonia,
Japan and Slovenia; 2005 for France, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; 2004 for Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, the
Source Slovak Republic, Spain and Turkey.
OECD (2010), Income Distribution Questionnaires.