Family structures, family processes - supporting children and their families
This edition of Family Matters presents a diverse body of research on children and their family contexts.
Archived AIFS publications
These publications may be of interest for historical reasons. Because of their age, they may not reflect current research data or AIFS' current research methodologies.
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Searching for family resilience
Searching for family resilience; Foregone earnings through child rearing; Meeting the challenges of parenting.
Division of matrimonial property in Australia
Grania Sheehan and Jody Hughes
Research Paper No. 25 — March 2001
Analysis of Australian Divorce Transitions Project data provides insight into the way in which women and men divide their property when they divorce.
Measuring social capital: Towards a theoretically informed measurement framework for researching social capital in family and community life
Wendy Stone
Research Paper No. 24 — February 2001
This paper contributes to the development of clear links between theorised and empirical understandings of social capital.
Reforming the Australian welfare state
Report— December 2000
This collection of essays addresses the new agenda for the Australian welfare system and reflects on the case for radical reform
Financial living standards after divorce: A recent snapshot
Bruce Smyth and Ruth Weston
Research Paper No. 23 — December 2000
The data presented are drawn from the 1977 Australian Divorce Transition Project, a random national telephone survey of divorced Australians
Child care in cultural context: Issues for new research
Sarah Wise and Ann Sanson
Research Paper No. 22 — December 2000
Describes a new study that aims to fill gaps in the research literature concerning the influence of home-child care discontinuities on children.
Pathways from infancy to adolescence: Australian Temperament Project 1983-2000
Margot Prior, Ann Sanson, Diana Smart and Frank Oberklaid
Research Report No. 4 — November 2000
This publication tells the story of the Australian Temperament Project, a longitudinal study of Australian children born in Victoria 1982-83
Adolescents and community
Adolescents and community; Child support and parenting; Social capital and social security
Valuing young lives: Evaluation of the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
Penny Mitchell
Report— June 2000
Valuing Young Lives provides an overview of the Strategy, what it achieved and what was learned from the Strategy as a whole.
Family futures: Issues in research and policy
Family futures: Issues in research and policy - keynote addresses from the Institute's major research conference
Planning the first wave of the Australian Family Panel Survey
Ruth Weston
Australian Family Briefing No. 9 — April 2000
The Australian Family Panel Survey represents a major research undertaking by AIFS. This paper outlines some of the design proposals.
Towards a theorised understanding of family life and social capital
Ian Winter
Working Paper No. 21 — April 2000
The paper defines the concept of social capital and reviews the literature on social capital within and beyond family networks.
Families, divorce and family law
Featuring latest Institute research - Families, divorce and family law
A guide to calculating the costs of children
Research Report No. 3 — February 2000
Includes three 1999 Family Matters articles, as well as an earlier paper explaining the two original approaches to calculating the costs of children
Parenting in Australian families: A comparative study of Anglo, Torres Strait Islander, and Vietnamese communities
Violet Kolar and Grace Soriano
Research Report No. 5 — January 2000
Findings from the final stage of the Australian component of the Parenting-21 study are presented around two key themes
A framework for future research in premarriage education
Robyn Parker
Australian Family Briefing No. 8 — November 1999
This Briefing gives an overview of the AIFS and Australian Catholic University joint round table discussion on premarriage education.
Youth suicide prevention programs and activities: National stocktake October 1999
Historical publication— October 1999
This publication was compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies for the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Families, welfare and social policy
This edition of Family Matters focuses on the theme of ‘Families, welfare and social policy’. It is a very timely edition, coming at the commencement of a period of major review of the social welfare system in Australia
The UK looking after children approach in Australia
Sarah Wise
Research Report No. 2 — June 1999
This report argues that the Looking After Children approach may have measurable benefits for child care services in Australia
