Research report May 2015
Child care and early childhood education in Australia
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What types of childcare are Australian parents choosing for their children?
Research report May 2015
What types of childcare are Australian parents choosing for their children?
Commissioned report Dec 2014
Presents findings from Wave 3, conducted in 2012 with 9,028 parents five years after separation.
Family Matters article Dec 2014
This article looks at the various ways in which family formation pathways and the characteristics and functioning of families have changed over the decades in Australia, including trends in marriage, divorce and cohabitation, and the resulting rise in new forms of families, such as grandparent-headed families, same-sex-parented families, couples living apart together, and shared care.
Family Matters article Dec 2014
Family Matters article about measuring socio-economic status of women
Commissioned report Oct 2014
aims to understand more about attendance patterns in primary school and their impact on academic achievement, using data from LSAC and NAPLAN.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2011
A review of research regarding children's transition from home, to early childhood education and care services and then to school.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Family Matters article on financial disadvantage and children's school readiness