Research report Jun 1988
Home ownership for low income families: Executive summary
Describes the loan recipients, changes to their employment situation, their housing costs, their housing satisfaction, home improvements they made
Research report Jun 1988
Describes the loan recipients, changes to their employment situation, their housing costs, their housing satisfaction, home improvements they made
Research report Jun 1988
This second stage evaluation focuses on three issues: Change in family circumstances; Management of costs; Level of satisfaction.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
Family Matters article Dec 2013
FAMILY MATTERS NO. 93 - Explores how family policy can support greater gender equality in paid and unpaid work, for parents in particular.
Family Matters article Dec 2003
Family Matters article Feb 2006
Webinar Aug 2017
This webinar aimed to help service providers frame effective messages to fathers during their baby’s crucial first years.
Research report Jul 1987
This report provides data from: the first wave of interviews with 481 loan recipients; the first wave of interviews with the control group families.
Research report Aug 1989
This report focuses on the financial support of children and some associated family and economic circumstances.
Media release Aug 2018
Recent research by AIFS and the Australian National University shows that fathers' work-life balance impacts on children's mental health. While the ability of mothers to juggle work and family commitments has long been known to affect children, the survey of 2496 families shows dads’ work matters too. Dads report wanting to be there more for their children, but their work often doesn't allow them to do so.