This information on children under 12 years of age and family units with children under 12 years of age reports on various data relating to the type and usage of formal and informal childcare. Data also includes the utilisation of the childcare benefit, weekly costs, labour force status of parents, demand for childcare and other demographic and economic attributes of the families, children or parents.  Further Info

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http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4402.0

Statistics on women who would like to start work or work more hours but are unable to due to the responsibility of caring for their children. The data includes childcare related reasons why women are not available to work or not available to work more hours such as childcare cost and availability problems.  Further Info

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http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/6239.0

The ABS 2006 Census Tables and Community Profiles tools include data for Victorian women such as unpaid childcare performed by single parents or each partner within the couple.  Further Info

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http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/census

The ABS Gender Indicators time use series  includes the time per day spent by Australian men and women (parents) to care for children up to the age of 14 years.  Further Info

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http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/4125.0~Jul%202012~Main%20Features~Summary%20of%20key%20series~4

Authors: Jennifer Baxter and Diana Smart
This report examines the many ways in which fathers in couple families with young children contribute to family life, through the study of their time investment with children, their supportiveness as partners, their financial contribution, their parenting behaviours and styles, and their perceptions of their own adequacy as fathers. Topics covered include couples' sharing of unpaid work and co-parenting, parenting practices and styles and variations in fathering.  The different perceptions of mothers and fathers of how fair the sharing of child care and other domestic work is also included.  Further Info

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http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm2011/fm88/fm88b.html