Research report Jun 2021
Towards COVID normal: Employment & work-family balance
This report looks at families' participation in employment and experiences of work-family balance using the second survey of the Families in Australia
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Research report Jun 2021
This report looks at families' participation in employment and experiences of work-family balance using the second survey of the Families in Australia
Short article Aug 2021
This short article explores the effects of excessive screen time on children and young people and how practitioners can support families to reduce it.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2018
This resource sheet summarises data that link the child protection system and youth justice supervision in Australia.
Commissioned report Aug 2017
Six in ten Australian 14-15 year-olds know what career they would like to have in the future but the jobs that boys aspire to are different to girls.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2017
This paper presents a review of available literature on problem sexual behaviours and sexually abusive behaviours exhibited in young people.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Family Matters article on economic instability and children's development
Media release Dec 2019
A new national study has found 16 per cent of Australian teenagers aged 16-17 years reported spending money on some form of gambling activity in the previous 12 months, with some gambling illegally because they were underage.
Media release Aug 2020
More working mums, a marginally narrowing gender pay gap, and increased household wealth are just a few of the economic shifts people in Australia have lived through over the last 40 years, according to new research released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).
Research report Aug 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.
Research report Aug 2020
The sixth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in when, how and where we work from 1980 to today.