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15 March 2001

Division of matrimonial property in Australia

Analysis of Australian Divorce Transitions Project data provides insight into the way in which women and men divide their property when they divorce.

1 February 2001

Measuring social capital

This paper contributes to the development of clear links between theorised and empirical understandings of social capital.

31 December 2000

Reforming the Australian welfare state

This collection of essays addresses the new agenda for the Australian welfare system and reflects on the case for radical reform

23 December 2000

Financial living standards after divorce

The data presented are drawn from the 1977 Australian Divorce Transition Project, a random national telephone survey of divorced Australians

4 December 2000

Child care in cultural context

Describes a new study that aims to fill gaps in the research literature concerning the influence of home-child care discontinuities on children.

14 November 2000

Pathways from infancy to adolescence

This publication tells the story of the Australian Temperament Project, a longitudinal study of Australian children born in Victoria 1982-83

12 June 2000

Valuing young lives

Valuing Young Lives provides an overview of the Strategy, what it achieved and what was learned from the Strategy as a whole.

1 April 2000

Towards a theorised understanding of family life and social…

The paper defines the concept of social capital and reviews the literature on social capital within and beyond family networks.

1 April 2000

Planning the first wave of the Australian Family Panel…

The Australian Family Panel Survey represents a major research undertaking by AIFS. This paper outlines some of the design proposals.