Women with caring responsibilities at greater risk of poverty
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
A new report by UNSW Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) and Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) highlights the relationship between caring roles and poverty in Australia. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, households with a female main income earner and children were more than twice as likely to live in poverty as those with a male main income earner.