Research report Oct 1999
Youth suicide prevention programs and activities: National stocktake October 1999
This publication was compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies for the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Research report Oct 1999
This publication was compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies for the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Research report Mar 1998
This publication was compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies for the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
Family Matters article Feb 2006
With data from the Growing Up in Australia study, this article provide estimates of the extent to which young children have contact with their grandparents including: living with grandparents; face-to-face contact; child-grandparent contact after parental separation; and regular care by grandparents.
Policy and practice paper May 2008
Examines bullying and its impact on young people’s health and wellbeing, and the significance of family relationships in dealing with bullying.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article discusses how the Australian income support system has adapted to significant changes in the Australian labour market and in the distribution of employment.
Research report May 1984
This paper focuses on the impact of death of a parent on children and their response to growing up in a one parent family.
Family Matters article Aug 2011
This article examines recent literature regarding adolescent-parent relationships, and explores the evidence for family-based interventions to address problems occurring in adolescence.
Family Matters article Dec 1993
This paper examines the financial, physical and emotional wellbeing of adolescents from sole-mother and couple families, some of whose parents are in paid work and some not.
Family Matters article Sep 1999
This article considers whether Britain and Australia will eventually have to ask the same tough question that the US has faced: do we want to defend the right of lone parents to choose not to work, or do we really want to reduce the levels of welfare dependency?
Family Matters article Jun 2000
This paper considers what welfare means in America, the background problem of poverty, how and why work requirements have become progressively more demanding, and consequences to date of welfare reform.