Report no. 1: Connection to family, friends and community: Families in Australia Survey
Research Report— May 2021
This report looks at connection with others - from family members living elsewhere to the local community.
Research papers and reports
Substantial, in-depth reporting of AIFS research.
Families Then & Now: How we worked
Research Report No. 6 — August 2020
The sixth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in when, how and where we work from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Income and wealth
Research Report No. 5 — August 2020
The fifth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in household incomes and wealth and the amount of debt from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Couple relationships
Research Report No. 4 — July 2020
The fourth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes to couple relationships from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Having children
Research Report No. 3 — July 2020
The third snapshot from our Families Then and Now series focuses on fertility rate and births per woman from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Households and families
Research Report No. 2 — July 2020
This second snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines some of the changes in Australian households and families from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Housing
Diana Warren and Lixia Qu
Research Report No. 1 — July 2020
This first snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in the housing arrangements of Australian families from 1980 to today.
Elder Abuse National Research: Strengthening the Evidence Base: Research definition background paper
Rae Kaspiew, Rachel Carson, Briony Dow, Lixia Qu, Kelly Hand, Dinika Roopani, Luke Gahan and David O'Keeffe
Research Report— October 2019
This paper discusses the development of a working definition of abuse of older people to be applied in the Elder Abuse National Research Program.
Child Care Package Evaluation: Early monitoring report: Report on baseline, early monitoring and emerging issues
Jennifer Baxter, J. Rob Bray, Megan Carroll, Kelly Hand, Matthew Gray, Ilan Katz, Mikayla Budinski, Cara Rogers, Jessica Smart, Jennifer Skattebol and Megan Blaxland
Research Report— August 2019
This early monitoring report is the first formal evaluation of the Commonwealth’s Child Care Package.
Beyond 18: The Longitudinal Study on Leaving Care, Wave 2 Research Report: Transitioning to post‑care life
Jade Purtell, Stewart Muir and Megan Carroll
Research Report No. 2 — June 2019
This report contains key findings from the second wave of data collection for Beyond 18: The Longitudinal Study on Leaving Care.
Beyond 18: The Longitudinal Study on Leaving Care, Wave 3 Research Report: Outcomes for young people leaving care in Victoria
Research Report— June 2019
This is the third and final research report for Beyond 18: The Longitudinal study on Leaving Care and describes the key findings from the third wave.
National survey of FaRS-funded service providers: Overview of services and service provider perspectives
Research Report— August 2018
This Research Report aims to share participants’ strategies and approaches for identifying and responding to local community needs.
Children and young people in separated families: Family law system experiences and needs: Final Report 2018
Rachel Carson, Edward Dunstan, Jessie Dunstan and Dinika Roopani
Research Report— June 2018
This Research Report investigates the experiences and needs of young people whose parents have separated and have accessed the family law system.
Beyond 18: The Longitudinal Study on Leaving Care: Wave 1 Research Report: Transition planning and preparation
Research Report— May 2018
This Research Report focuses on the factors associated with successful transitions from out-of-home care.
Working Together to Care for Kids: A survey of foster and relative/kinship carers
Lixia Qu, Julie Lahausse and Rachel Carson
Research Report— May 2018
This report is aimed at providing a better understanding of the needs of the carers of children who are living in out-of-home care in Australia.
Stay-at-home fathers in Australia
Research Report— April 2018
This report provides an analysis on the number of stay-at-home fathers in Australia, their characteristics and the characteristics of their families.
The effects of pornography on children and young people: An evidence scan
Antonia Quadara, Alissar El-Murr and Joe Latham
Research Report— December 2017
This Research Report gives evidence about the impact exposure to and consumption of online pornography has on children and young people.
Empowering migrant and refugee women: Supporting and empowering women beyond five-year post-settlement
Research Report No. 38 — September 2017
This report presents findings from the Empowering Migrant and Refugee Women study.
Flexible child care and Australian parents' work and care decision-making
Jennifer Baxter, Kelly Hand and Reem Sweid
Research Report No. 37 — November 2016
Explores how parents make decisions about work and care, especially when faced with shift work or inflexible job conditions.
Understanding parenting disputes after separation
Lawrie Moloney, Bruce Smyth, Nick Richardson and Sally Capper
Research Report No. 36 — August 2016
Explores the behaviour of separated parents by exploring the psychology of post-separation parental disputes and then interrogating three data sets.
