Research report Dec 2013
Child care participation and maternal employment trends in Australia
This paper explores trends in child care in Australia from 1984 to 2011, for children aged under 12 years old with employed mothers
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Research report Dec 2013
This paper explores trends in child care in Australia from 1984 to 2011, for children aged under 12 years old with employed mothers
Family Matters article Jun 1998
This paper illustrates the flow of social exchanges between the family and the market and the family and the state, particularly in relation to some aspects of domestic labour.
Family Matters article Sep 2008
This article explores the relationship between breastfeeding and employment, with a focus given to the fact that some women do manage to combine employment and breastfeeding—a return to work does not always result in a stop to breastfeeding.
Family Matters article Apr 1992
Using data from studies of employers' views on work and family issues by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, this article compares how big and small business approach the challenge of becoming more 'family-friendly'.
Family Matters article Apr 2002
This article looks at data from in-depth interviews with seven single mothers to reveal the additional labour they might need to do simply to keep the relationship between home and paid work intact.
Family Matters article Apr 1998
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, and in particular covers in this issue, youth suicide prevention, sibling relationships and parental divorce, adolescent health, child protection, indigenous families and domestic violence.
Short article Feb 2018
We highlight some of the changing trends in workforce participation and home ownership that impact on Australia’s wellbeing.
Family Matters article Jun 1996
This paper suggests that it is still not easy, in 1995, for the more than a quarter of Australia's workforce to gain the additional flexibility which may be required to carry out the dual tasks of care and paid work
Media release Dec 2016
Australians believe that parents and their adult children have an obligation to support each other practically and financially, according to research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Practice guide Feb 2014
Paper aims to provide an overview of complex trauma as a concept for classifying a varying range of symptomatology.