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Social Justice and Human Rights Issues:
The Global Perspective
Current socioeconomic status of Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples
What does 'socioeconomic status' mean?
What is the socioeconomic status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
What is the socioeconomic status of indigenous peoples internationally?
References
What does 'socioeconomic status' mean?
The Collins English Dictionary defines the terms as follows:
Socio - combining form - denoting social or society, and refers to people and the ways they fit into the society in which they live. See socioeconomic; sociopolitical; sociology
Economic - adj - of or relating to an economy, economics, or finance: economic development ; economic theories; (Brit) capable of being produced, operated, etc, for profit; profitable: the firm is barely economic; concerning or affecting material resources or welfare: economic pests; concerned with or relating to the necessities of life; utilitarian; a variant of economical; informal, inexpensive; cheap
Socioeconomic adj - of, relating to, or involving both economic and social factors
Reference - Collins English Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 10th Edition 2009 William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 2000
What is the socioeconomic status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
The current information on the socioeconomic status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 
and from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
What is the socioeconomic status of indigenous peoples internationally?
Information and questions on the socioeconomic status of indigenous peoples internationally can be found in the New Internationalist Magazine, Issue 310 and on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website .
Of interest is the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples available from the United Nations website .
References
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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