Family Matters article Dec 1994
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Family Matters article Mar 1996
Explaining patterns of urban child care
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
The Value of Care and Nurture Provided by Unpaid Household Work
This paper examines what we now know about the place of unpaid household work in the economy, uses internationally comparable survey data to estimate the relative magnitudes of the millions of hours of paid, unpaid and total work, puts a dollar value on Gross Household Produce (the value added by unpaid household work), looks more closely at who provides care and nurture in households, and suggests some urgent issues for statistics and policy that we should begin to tackle in 1994.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Work-related child care: Four Melbourne localities
This paper examines work-related child care in four localities of Melbourne: Berwick, Werribee, Box Hill and inner Melbourne, drawing from the Australian Institute of Family Studies' survey of Australian Living Standards.
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
Self care for school aged children
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Work and family values, preferences and practice
This article considers innovations in the organised care of both children and elderly family members during working hours for workers with family responsibilities.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Sharing the caring: Rethinking current policies
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Family day care
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Child care
This article looks at child care policy and practice in Sweden and the United Kingdom, two countries whose policies will most likely shape the provision of child care in Australia during the 1990s.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Australia's largest family
This article presents an overview of some of the findings of the March 1991 census of the 69,275 full time active duty members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) taken by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, relating to family composition; characteristics of serving members; partners and partnerships; children at home; and work and family issues.