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The best start: Supporting happy, healthy childhoods
7 May 2010

The best start

The Australian Institute of Family Studies has prepared this Facts Sheet about the diversity of families to support the 2010 National Families Week

15 April 2010

In the driver's seat II

Explores the driving experiences and practices of young Victorian drivers, drawing upon data collected as part of the Australian Temperament Project

6 April 2010

Divorce and the wellbeing of older Australians

Using data from the HILDA survey, this article provides estimates on the impact of divorce on wellbeing for older Australians aged 55-74 years

25 March 2010

An exploration of the timing and nature of parental time…

Looks at data from over 5,000 time use diaries of 4-5 year old children collected in the first wave (2004) of the Growing Up in Australia study

30 December 2009

Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms

The evaluation assessed the extent to which, by 2009, the changes to the family law system had been effective in achieving the policy aims

Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: Summary report
12 December 2009

Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms: Summary report

This summary report provides an overview of the evaluation findings

2 September 2009

Parental time with children

This paper examines how characteristics of parental paid employment are associated with differences in parent-child time

30 June 2009

Breastfeeding and infants' time use

Analyses infants' time use according to breastfeeding status in order to inform the debate about how breastfeeding leads to improved child outcomes

1 July 2008

Timing of mothers' return to work after childbearing

This paper presents Australian research on how different factors relate to the timing of women's return to work after having a child