Results shown represent respondents who considered that governments are doing as much as they can to help close the gap for each indicator.
First Nation sample size: 532. Non-Indigenous sample size: 1,990. Total general community sample size: 2,522.
Note from source: The general community sample, as well as the non-Indigenous and First Nations samples, are weighted to be representative in terms of Indigenous status, age group, gender, and location (State and Territory populations), as per Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census data.
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Belief that more needs to be done to Close the Gap Australia 2022, by area
According to a survey conducted in Australia in 2022, over ** percent of respondents considered that governments need to do more or much more to help close the gap in outcomes between First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians.
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