Hand, K., Baxter, J., Carroll, M., & Budinski, M. (2020). Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19 Report no. 1: Early findings. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19
Current project
Life during COVID-19 will explore how Australians are coping with the Coronavirus pandemic
Life during COVID-19 is AIFS’ first Families in Australia Survey. The survey ran from 1 May to 9 June 2020, with 7,306 participants.
The survey’s aim was to paint a picture of how everyday Australians coped with and adjusted to the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the greatest health, social and economic challenges in world history.
We asked Australian families to tell us how their lives had changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. What challenges they faced? What support would help? How they adapted to the new ways of living.
Six reports from the survey were published, from June to September 2020 (see Publications, below).
The insights drawn from the Families in Australia Survey were shared with the general public and with non-government and government agencies, to help them develop the supports that families need.
More information
Contact us for more information about the survey via email fia-survey@aifs.gov.au.
Privacy and ethics
AIFS adheres to strict privacy and ethics practices. This research has been approved by the AIFS Human Research Ethics Committee.
All information collected from you in the Family Survey will be kept confidentially and will be stored securely in accordance with the AIFS Privacy Policy. Your responses to the survey will be de-identified and will be accessible only to the members of the AIFS research team on a need-to-know basis. The survey responses will be stored on secured servers onsite at AIFS in Melbourne, Australia.
AIFS respects and upholds your rights under the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) contained in the Privacy Act 1988(Cth) (Privacy Act). Please see our Privacy Policy regarding our obligation to protect your privacy rights.
You can contact our privacy team if you have any questions regarding how we manage, use and store personal information.
Email: aifs-privacy@aifs.gov.au
Telephone: (03) 9214 7888
If you would like more information about the survey you can read the Participant Information Sheet.
Publications
Hand, K., Carroll, M., Budinski, M. & Baxter, J. (2020). Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19 Report no. 2: Staying connected when we're apart. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Budinski, M., Carroll, M., Baxter, J., & Hand, K. (2020). Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19 Report no. 3: Help and support. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Baxter, J., Budinski, M., Carroll, M., & Hand, K. (2020). Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19 Report no. 4: Dads spend more quality time with kids. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Baxter, J., Budinski, M., Carroll, M., & Hand, K. (2020). Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19 Report no. 5: What we did during lockdown. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Warren, D., Baxter, J., & Hand, K. (2020). Families in Australia Survey: Life during COVID-19 Report no. 6: Financial wellbeing and COVID-19. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Researchers
Deputy Director, Research
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Officer
Mikayla Budinski
Research Officer
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow
Duration
May 2020 - September 2021
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