Indigenous disadvantage: can strengthening cultural attachment help to Close the Gap?

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18 October 2011Only a small number of empirical studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have examined the relationship between Indigenous people's levels of cultural attachment and their socio-economic outcomes.

This paper examines whether strengthening cultural attachment can help reduce Indigenous disadvantage in Australia.

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Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeGovernment or Gov agency
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/26855
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