Policy and practice paper Jun 2002
The role of mass media in facilitating community education and child abuse prevention strategies
The merits of using mass media to advocate for children's rights, and raise awareness of and prevent child abuse.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2002
The merits of using mass media to advocate for children's rights, and raise awareness of and prevent child abuse.
Family Matters article Apr 1991
This article reports on the use of cluster analysis to examine existing data on what sort of families live in suburbs on the outskirts of Sydney and Melbourne, and whether they have jobs and mortgages, and to what extent the fringe areas are similar to each other and different from suburbs closer to the city centre.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
This article examines patterns of geographic mobility in order to assess whether migration is likely to be the major cause for high lone-parent concentrations in regional areas, or whether such concentrations are largely a consequence of 'home grown' factors.
Family Matters article May 2010
This paper considers place-based approaches to support families and facilitate the development of their children, by summarising the findings from the evaluation of Communities for Children (CfC), an initiative under the Australian Government’s Stronger Familles and Communities Strategy (SFCS).
Research report Mar 1983
AIFS has published this doctoral dissertation as a contribution to the debate on the economics of the family and the implications for policy.
Family Matters article Nov 1990
In this article the author argues that the cost of a child is not an objective fact but varies according to tastes and preferences and according to the amount of money that parents have to spend on their children.
Research report Mar 1990
Australian Families Income Transfer (AFIT) Project Bulletin No 7, March 1990.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2006
A discussion of grandparents' roles in caring for children and ways in which service providers can support them.
Research report Jun 1995
This report on Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory presents findings from the Australian Living Standards Study. The report is in three sections.
Research report Mar 1990
Australian Families Income Transfer (AFIT) Project Bulletin No 8, March 1990.