Research report Jul 1980
The family and the pre-school child
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Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
Research report Jul 1980
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
Family Matters article Jun 2007
This article introduces the 'Families Caring for a Person with a Disability Study', a collaborative project between the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, describing its aims and methodology, and presents initial findings on the social lives of carers.
Research report Jun 1995
Summary of findings from the Australian Living Standards Study on housing, health services, child care, employment, transport and services.
Research report Feb 1993
This report presents the results of the household survey undertaken in the city of Berwick, Vic.
Family Matters article Feb 2006
Research report Dec 1991
The paper explores some of the opportunities for work-related child care in south-eastern Melbourne.
Research report Dec 1991
This document is comprised of a collection of statistics based on the Sydney metropolitan area.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
A discussion of problems in defining and understanding the complexities of stepfamilies, and differences between stepfamilies and nuclear families.
Research report Feb 1999
Data presented in this paper are drawn from the 1997 Australian Divorce Transition Project, a national telephone survey of 650 divorced Australians.