Family Matters article Mar 1999
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Learning parenting
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Family Matters article Mar 1999
Finding happiness
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Family Matters article Mar 1999
Workshop on quality of life research
This article reports on a two day workshop in which the work of key researchers was presented and contradictions in citizens' quality of life research were explored.
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Research report May 1999
The New 'Australian Family Panel Survey'
The Australian Institute of Family Studies is planning to develop a major new research initiative to be known as the Australian Family Panel Survey.
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
Costs of children in Australian households
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
Budget standards and the costs of children
In this article the author examines the approaches used to estimate costs incurred by Australian parents in raising children, and explains current research being undertaken through using indicative budget standards for a range of households that would examine the costs of children in different family circumstances.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
The private costs of children in 1993-94
This article by researchers from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, follows up two previously published papers calculating new sets of estimates of the cost of raising children based on two different methodological approaches.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Mothers in the labour force
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Research report Apr 2000
Planning the first wave of the Australian Family Panel Survey
The Australian Family Panel Survey represents a major research undertaking by AIFS. This paper outlines some of the design proposals.
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Family Matters article Jun 2000
Valuing children, young people and families
In this paper the New South Wales Commissioner for Children and Young People outlines some of the challenges facing communities, researchers and policy makers.