Family Matters article Apr 1992
A man's place...? Reconstructing family realities
This article discusses the impact of recent social change on men, and questions the continued existence of the supposedly 'invisible father'.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
This article discusses the impact of recent social change on men, and questions the continued existence of the supposedly 'invisible father'.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article is the third of three articles which examine family violence and abuse, an issue identified as a priority issue by the National Council for the International Year of the Family.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
This article considers the central role played by carers in maintaining people at home, and questions the somewhat taken-for-granted relationship between the availability of informal care and admission to residential care.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article looks at a study examining the link between adolescents' experiences of parental favouritism and differences in sibling communication patterns during interactions with their sibling.
Family Matters article Apr 1998
This article examines the findings from a study set up to investigate the relation between adolescents' experience of parental favouritism and family functioning.
Family Matters article Jun 1995
This article reports on research on adult-parent relationships and describes findings of a Melbourne-based study of adult-parent relationships.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
These papers with their focus on changes in family patterns, structures, transitions and attitudes across the generations, make a contribution to understanding the role that families have in the lives of older persons.
Research report Sep 2001
Australia’s population is ageing, and its growth is slowing down due to remarkable advances in medicine, health care and birth control.
Family Matters article Dec 2003
In this article, new data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey are used to shed some light on questions around the quality of life in Australia's markedly increased life-expectancy, whether people approaching so-called 'retirement age' are finding the prospect daunting and how older people view their lives.
Family Matters article Dec 1991
This article suggests that while the ageing of Australia is often regarded with trepidation as social planners try to implement health and welfare policies that will adequately provide for the next century's elderly, the potential advantages of there being more old people far outweigh the perceived drain on resources and that the ageing population promises a spreading pool of competence and human help to be drawn upon with enthusiasm.