Research snapshot Apr 2021
A year in review: How we experienced 2020
A Year in Review presents a short summary of early findings from the Towards COVID Normal survey on how Australian families experienced 2020.
Research snapshot Apr 2021
A Year in Review presents a short summary of early findings from the Towards COVID Normal survey on how Australian families experienced 2020.
Short article Jun 2021
This short article presents research into drinking behaviours of adolescent males, with implications for supporting young men and their families.
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.
Research snapshot Mar 2022
Looking back, looking forward presents a summary of findings on how Australian families experienced 2021 and their hopes for 2022.
Short article May 2016
Research shows that there are harms associated with early exposure to pornography, but appropriate sex and relationships education can help.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
"Why are families important?" This article reflects on some of AIFS recent learnings about families to inform investment in future policy directions.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Articles in this issue address the interaction of policies, services and institutions, and the vulnerable with the employment prospects of those in out-of-home care; the economic consequences for single-parent families of the changes to the child support and the Welfare-to-Work reforms; and how the Victorian legal system has responded to family violence.
Research report Aug 2019
This early monitoring report is the first formal evaluation of the Commonwealth’s Child Care Package.
Research report Jul 2020
This report contains early findings from a major survey that ran May-June 2020, exploring how Australian families coped with the COVID19 pandemic.
Research report Jul 2020
This first snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in the housing arrangements of Australian families from 1980 to today.