Family Matters article Jun 2006
-
-
Family Matters article Jun 2006
Assessing family and community life through the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
This article provides an overview of a survey of Indigenous Australians, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), and describes the key measures of family and community in the survey.
-
Family Matters article Jun 2006
Sowing the seeds of innovation: Ideas for child and family services
Family Matters article in ideas for family services
-
Family Matters article Jun 2005
Research and evaluation in marriage and relationship education
-
Family Matters article Mar 2005
Caring for children and adults
This paper presents evidence on the use of flexible work arrangements to provide adult care and how this compares to the use by those caring for children.
-
Family Matters article Feb 2005
A review of new Australian Government initiatives for families with children
In this article the author summarises the new measures of the 2004 federal budget, described as a families budget, and the media commentary evoked, and asks what these measures might mean in the context of the Government's fourth term agenda.
-
Family Matters article Dec 2002
New research
-
Family Matters article Apr 2002
Stronger Families team on the road
This article discusses the Stronger Families Learning Exchange, established at the Australian Institute of Family Studies with the objective of contributing to the evidence base about the effectiveness of early interventions for families and communities.
-
Family Matters article Apr 2002
Family and social factors underlying the labour force status of Indigenous Australians
-
Family Matters article Apr 1998
Australian Family Research and Policy News
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, and in particular covers in this issue, youth suicide prevention, sibling relationships and parental divorce, adolescent health, child protection, indigenous families and domestic violence.