Family Matters article Apr 2001
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Family Matters article Jun 2000
What role for social capital in family policy?
This paper outlines some of the potential benefits of social capital for government, business, communities and family life.
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Recent government family initiatives
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
New employment policies, poverty and mothering
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
National Families Strategy: Update
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Media release Aug 2015
A quarter of parents prefer a male "breadwinner"
One in four Australian partnered mothers and fathers believe that the male breadwinner model is better for the family, according to new research published today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Media release Apr 2018
Stay-at-home dads: Still rare but numbers rising
Around 80,000 Australian families now have a stay-at-home dad at the helm, according to research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Media release Aug 2018
Fathers’ work-life balance affects children’s mental health
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.
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Family Matters article May 2010
Child support and Welfare to Work reforms
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms
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Family Matters article Mar 2011
Care-time arrangements after the 2006 reforms
This article examines four issues: the prevalence of different care-time arrangements in families that experienced parental separation after July 2006; parents' views about the flexibility and workability of their arrangements; characteristics of families with different care-time arrangements; and the strength of the relationship between child wellbeing on the one hand, and care-time arrangements and family dynamics on the other.