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Topic name
Number of people looking after grandchildren full-time i.e. every day 5 days a week
Number of people looking after grandchildren all the time (day and night)
Number of grandparent full-time carers receiving financial assistance to help with caring full-time for a child
Number of grandparent full time carers receiving government assistance for the care of their grandchildren
Number of grandparent full time carers receiving family assistance (i.e. from their own family) for the full time care of their grandchildren
Choose your area of interest
Please select one item
(Required)
Population
Sex and gender
Households and families
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Income and work
Ticked
Unpaid work and care
Education and training
Disability and carers
Housing
Location
Transport
Cultural diversity
Religion
Other topic
Topics on Unpaid work and care
Choose one or more of the following topics that relates to your submission
Please select all that apply
Ticked
Unpaid care of children
Unpaid care, help or assistance due to the disability, long term illness or old age of another person
Unpaid work - domestic activities
Unpaid work - voluntary work for an organisation or group
Other/unknown
Assessment Criteria 1
1.
This topic is of current national importance.
National Importance
Data is needed to support planning programs to support grandparents who are full-time carers of grandchildren
Assessment Criteria 2
2.
There is a need for data from a Census of the whole population.
For whole population
This data will be useful for planning respite for full-time grandparent carers.
This data will be useful for planning financial assistance for full-time grandparent carers.
This data will be useful for grant funding applications to support this cohort, if support is needed.
Assessment Criteria 3
3.
The topic can be accurately collected in a form which the household completes themselves.
Easy to answer
Questions would be fairly easy to answer, but might need some specifications e.g. do you pay for most of the cost for food, clothes, etc. etc for the child in your full time care
Assessment Criteria 4
4.
The topic would be acceptable to Census respondents.
Acceptable
The topic might be considered intrusive or controversial in general or in specific cultural groups
Assessment Criteria 5
5.
The topic can be collected efficiently.
Collected efficiently
Shouldn't be an issue
Assessment Criteria 6
6.
There is likely to be a continuing need for data on this topic in the following Census.
Continuing need
Likely to be a need for this information for the foreseeable future
Assessment Criteria 7
7.
There are no other alternative data sources or solutions that could meet the topic need.
No alternatives
Haven't found this information elsewhere on a national scale so comparisons available