Family Matters article May 2004
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Family Matters article May 2004
Child support policy in Australia
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Shared parenting
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Bargaining over children
This article suggests that rather than endorse pre-emptive assumptions about family structure, the current Parliamentary Inquiry into a 'rebuttable presumption' of 50:50 residency should begin with the child's interests and work outwards
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Why is the fertility rate falling?
This article examines what might be causing decades of falling birth rates and the all time low in Australia's fertility rates.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Fertility decline in Australia
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Three facts about fertility
In this article evidence from 21 OECD countries is used to describe the recent trajectory of fertility change in advanced industrialised countries, to identify changes in the nature of the trade-offs between work and family and to establish which family friendly policy measures are most conducive to high levels of fertility.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Relationships, marriage and parenthood
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
When the difference is day and night
This article considers one important dimension of research into post-separation parent child contact that has attracted little attention to date: day-only contact versus overnight stays.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
HILDA data launched
This article examines the potential for the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics Survey (the HILDA Survey), which aims to yield insights into the dynamics of family relationships, parenting, housing arrangements, income, workforce involvement, and the health, wellbeing and attitudes of young people and adults in Australia, to contribute to research on families in Australia.