Family Matters article Oct 2009
Financial disadvantage and children's school readiness
Family Matters article on financial disadvantage and children's school readiness
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Family Matters article Oct 2009
Family Matters article on financial disadvantage and children's school readiness
Family Matters article Oct 2009
This paper uses data from the Australian General Social Survey, 2006, and the Australian Time Use Survey, 2006 and finds that retired men spend less time with family and friends outside of the household than men who are not retired, while for retired women, the opposite pattern emerges, as they report spending more time with family and friends who live outside of the household compared to women who are not retired.
Commissioned report Dec 2010
Explores how adolescent children view their experience of parental separation in the context of the 2006 family law reforms.
Practice guide Mar 2011
A summary of research on social inclusion and the relevance of the concept and its application to family support services.
Policy and practice paper May 2011
Information on social inclusion and social exclusion and how this impacts upon children and families in Australia.
Policy and practice paper Aug 2011
Summary of how transport and disadvantage intersect and why some groups are especially vulnerable to transport disadvantage.
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.
Practice guide Dec 2011
Investigates issues relating to evaluating whole-of-community initiatives.
Commissioned report Dec 2013
Examines mothers' transitions into and out of work and between jobs of different types as children grow or as new children are born.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2014
An overview of key statistics and research findings to assist professionals working with parents of teens and tweens