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18 May 2023

Early Years Strategy

This submission outlines some of the influences on child development, highlighting other research by AIFS into early childhood education and care.

A young mixed race African American mother holds her daughter while taking notes at her dining table serving as a temporary remote work from home station with breast pump in foreground.
18 May 2023

Employment patterns and trends for families with children

This detailed look at family employment trends shows the very significant changes that have come about over recent decades.

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18 May 2023

Employment of men and women across the life course

Employment trends for men and women across life stages, highlighting differences in participation, work hours, unemployment and underemployment.

Two teenage boys are in a skate park. One boy is laying on the ground on his back, he has fallen. The other has extended his arm to help him back on his feet.
15 May 2023

Prosocial behaviours and the positive impact on mental…

This snapshot examines what effect, over time, the cultivation and/or promotion of informal and formal prosocial behaviours has on poor mental health

20 April 2023

An interpretative synthesis of coparenting among new…

This article explores how parents develop their coparenting roles, and the influence of social, cultural and institutional factors.

1 April 2023

2026 Census topic consultation

This submission presents a case for the Census to collect information on relationship separation, children in shared care or multiple parenting arrangements, multiple…

29 March 2023

Do Australian adolescents with permission to drink at home…

This research highlights potential links between parental alcohol consumption and parenting practices around alcohol and adolescent alcohol use and experience of…

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27 March 2023

Gambling participation, experience of harm and community…

AGRC recently asked Australian adults about their participation in gambling, attitudes towards wagering advertising, how exposure to advertising influences their…

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27 March 2023

Gambling participation and experience of harm in Australia

This snapshot explores how often Australians gamble, how much they spent, their risk of gambling harm, what products they spent gambling money on and how concerned…