Family Matters article Sep 2001
Changing families in Australia 1901-2001
This article maps out the dimensions of family change over the past one hundred years in Australia, focusing in particular on the changing structure of households.
Family Matters article Sep 2001
This article maps out the dimensions of family change over the past one hundred years in Australia, focusing in particular on the changing structure of households.
Research report Jun 2003
Uses data from 1986 and 1996 Australian Censuses to explore possible reasons for differences in the labour market trends of lone and couple mothers.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.
Family Matters article Apr 2008
In this article, the authors describe the labour force status of carers who receive an Australian Government payment directed to carers, with a particular focus on the degree to which non-employed carers want to be in paid employment.
Research report Jan 1984
Great concern has been expressed in recent times that the family 'as we know it' is rapidly disappearing.
Family Matters article Sep 1995
This article discusses the widespread and hostile opposition to the British Child Support Act 1991.
Facts and figures Mar 2022
Figures around births in Australia: fertility rate, parents’ age, number of children, births outside marriage.
Family Matters article Sep 2000
This article describes the meeting of a group of adolescents and their families, on Sunday 26 November, 2000, meeting the researchers and celebrating the first 18 years of the landmark longitudinal research study of children’s development, the Australian Temperament Project.
Family Matters article Sep 2004
An update is provided about the Australian Temperament Project (ATP), which commenced in 1983 with a cohort of children aged four-eight months, and has collected thirteen waves of data by mail surveys over the first 20 years of life.
Research report Nov 2013
This paper explores the characteristics of employed and non-employed mothers, to identify the factors that contribute to differing employment levels