Research report Mar 2022
Becoming a new parent
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This report highlights the experiences of a sample of expectant and new parents in Australia during COVID-19 in 2020.
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Research report Mar 2022
This report highlights the experiences of a sample of expectant and new parents in Australia during COVID-19 in 2020.
Facts and figures Apr 2023
Figures around births in Australia: fertility rate, parents’ age, number of children, births outside marriage.
Research programs
Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants examines how humanitarian migrants settle into Australia.
Media release May 2020
A new survey from the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) is calling on every Australian to share the experience of COVID-19 for them and their family as we look forward towards recovery.
Short article May 2020
This short article describes how understanding brain development can help inform approaches to working with children affected by trauma.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2016
This paper offers guidance to the management of child protection and related services by drawing on occupational health literature
Policy and practice paper Oct 2017
An overview of the statistics on child deaths resulting from abuse and neglect, and information on the recording of child deaths in Australia
Policy and practice paper Jan 2020
A snapshot of the rates of involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and out-of-home care during 2016–2017
Short article Nov 2019
This short article discusses the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and links to resources to help organisations become child safe.
Research report Nov 2022
The report explores the varied impacts of COVID-19 on children of all ages below 18 years, and also delves into the experiences of families and the factors that parents say contributed to their children’s wellbeing.