Figure 1. Younger Women’s Aspirations for Age 35 1 HOW ARE THE LIVES OF WOMEN IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF OTHER AUSTRALIAN WOMEN?
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Mid-age rural women are likely to be providing care for ageing relatives as well as caring for their grandchildren. Approximately 20% of Mid-age women in all geographic areas provide family care to frail, ill or disabled family members, but 46% of Mid-age women in rural and remote areas provide childcare, compared with 36% in urban areas. Caregivers are more likely to spend some time out of the paid workforce, and it is not surprising that Mid-age rural and remote women have more difficulty in managing on their income than women in urban areas. “ ... now so many of us are widowed and no longer...drive cars, are finding it very difficult living in the country. My town like so many other small towns is without public transport. “
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