Research report Jan 1987
A discussion paper on child maintenance
AIFS response to the government's discussion paper 'Child support: a discussion paper on child maintenance'.
Research report Jan 1987
AIFS response to the government's discussion paper 'Child support: a discussion paper on child maintenance'.
Research report Nov 1999
This Briefing gives an overview of the AIFS and Australian Catholic University joint round table discussion on premarriage education.
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'.
Research report Jun 2005
This report presents a snapshot of contemporary attitudes to child support in Australia
Family Matters article Aug 1993
This paper begins by presenting statistics on Aboriginal families derived from the 1986 Census, then discusses how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is developing a National Family Strategy.
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 Apr 1998
The analysis in this article looks at changes in age difference over time between brides and grooms in Australia.
Research report Mar 2010
Looks at data from over 5,000 time use diaries of 4-5 year old children collected in the first wave (2004) of the Growing Up in Australia study
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Specific programs that assess and train Indigenous general and kinship carers are profiled