NATIONAL CENSUS: Making sense of the Census*

The traditional nuclear family and Christian belief are still clearly favoured by the great majority of Australians, despite media reports to the contrary, writes Bill Muehlenberg.The 2006 National Census data have just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with a number of interesting details. What is also interesting is the way the media has put a spin on certain parts of the Census material.Going by some media reports, you would think that the nuclear family in Australia is ne…

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