Family Matters article Apr 1994
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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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Research report Jul 1980
The family and the pre-school child
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
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Research report Feb 1982
A Child is not the 'Cure' for Infertility: Workshop on infertility
Workshop papers address two main areas: the medical perspective of infertility and its treatment and the dilemmas for the child and the community
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Research report Dec 1993
Use and choice of child care
This book provides details of mothers' workforce participation during the pre-school years.
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Research report Dec 1991
Taking the children to work: Work-related child care in south-eastern Melbourne
The paper explores some of the opportunities for work-related child care in south-eastern Melbourne.
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Research report Dec 1994
Effects of child care on young children: Forty years of research
Provides an overview of research on infants and young children who have experienced non-maternal and/or non-parental care.
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Research report Dec 1995
Towards integration and quality assurance in children's services
This book focuses on questions such as: Why do people use child care? What sorts of services are available? Who sets the standards?
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Research report Dec 1995
Today's child care, tomorrow's children!
The authors present the methodology, findings and conclusions of the Australian Institute of Family Studies' Early Childhood Study
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Research report Apr 1983
Towards a national child care policy
Child care services are among the most effective support services that governments can provide for families.