Better or Worse for Aboriginal People – last 40 years

Q. And thinking about the last 40 years, do you think Australia’s Aboriginal people are now better off or worse off in terms of the following?

	Total better	Total worse /same	A lot better	A little better	About the same	A little worse	A lot worse	Don’t know
Health	69%	26%	29%	40%	19%	4%	3%	5%
Access to education	77%	19%	42%	35%	14%	3%	2%	5%
Access to jobs	69%	26%	31%	38%	20%	3%	3%	6%
Respect for Aboriginal culture	66%	29%	30%	36%	20%	5%	4%	6%
Control of traditional lands (land rights)	63%	29%	31%	32%	21%	5%	3%	8%
Discrimination against Aboriginal people	56%	37%	23%	33%	28%	5%	4%	6%

A majority believe that Australia’s Aboriginal people are now better off or worse off on all issues measured.

Access to education was most likely to be considered better – 42% think it is a lot better and 35% a little better.

Discrimination against Aboriginal people was the issue least likely to have improved for Aboriginal people – 56% think it is better and 37% worse or the same.