Commissioned report Oct 2016
Children living in “complex” households
Around 43 per cent of children under the age of 13 grow up in complex families.
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Commissioned report Oct 2016
Around 43 per cent of children under the age of 13 grow up in complex families.
Commissioned report Dec 2021
This report confirms the long-term impact of Vietnam War service on family members.
Research report Jul 2021
This report explores the impacts of COVID-19 on women who were expecting or planning to have a child, and the effect on women’s future plans.
Research report Jul 2020
The third snapshot from our Families Then and Now series focuses on fertility rate and births per woman from 1980 to today.
Facts and figures Apr 2023
Figures around births in Australia: fertility rate, parents’ age, number of children, births outside marriage.
Research programs
Information and experiences from Defence personnel and their families.
Research report Mar 2022
This report highlights the experiences of a sample of expectant and new parents in Australia during COVID-19 in 2020.
Media release Mar 2022
A new report from AIFS, based on a survey conducted at the end of 2020, shows the importance of help, support and connection from family at the time of pregnancy and new parenthood. This includes the family you live with as well as family living elsewhere.
Study Dec 2022
Strengthening and Protecting Veteran Family Relationships is a research study looking at programs or services that aim to strengthen couple relationships where one (or both) partners are current or ex-serving Australian Defence Force members.
Commissioned report Oct 2018
Summary of the Family Wellbeing Study commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Defence and Department of Veterans’ Affairs.