Financial living standards after divorce: A recent snapshot
Research paper No. 23,December 2000
Bruce Smyth and Ruth Weston
ISBN 0 642 39485 7
A decade or so ago, mothers (and their children) in Australia were found to be at an economic disadvantage after divorce compared with fathers. Is there still a clear disparity between the post-divorce equivalent household incomes of men and women? Which family types are most likely to be in poverty post-separation? Does child support help to protect children from economic disadvantage? Does the subjective appraisal of financial circumstances map objective circumstances? Data drawn from the Institute’s Australian Divorce Transitions Project are presented in this paper which addresses these and other questions.
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