Family Matters article Apr 1994
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Research report Nov 2013
The tyrannies of distance and disadvantage
This research report investigates whether children in regional areas experience a "tyranny of distance" or a "tyranny of disadvantage".
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Trapped in poverty
Using data from the Institute of Family Studies' Parents and Children after Marriage Breakdown study, the author examines the difficulties sole mothers encounter when they attempt to escape poverty by finding paid work.
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Understanding community strengths
This article identifies the concepts of social cohesion and social exclusion as providing two theoretical frameworks whose relevance to Australian policy deserves greater exploration.
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Media release Sep 2018
Welfare dependence - cause or symptom of disadvantage?
The Australian Institute of Family Study’s submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence ‘highlights the importance of service systems that are responsive to the needs of vulnerable families – and the particular value of coordinated, responsive systems in the context of communities that experience high levels of social and economic disadvantage’.
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Commissioned report Dec 2013
What works to improve Indigenous health?
Reviews evidence relating to improving Indigenous outcomes across a range of key social and economic health and welllbeing.
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Family Matters article Mar 2009
Working poor in Australia
This article presents an analysis of poverty among households where at least one member is employed part- or full-time, based on the most recent ABS Survey of Income and Housing (2005-06), and using the OECD half-median household disposable income poverty line.
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
Workplace support, breastfeeding and health
This paper aims to identify best-practice strategies for breastfeeding support in the Australian workplace.
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Research report Feb 1993
Young people living on the urban fringe: Preliminary report: The youth of Berwick
Examines the life circumstances of the young people of Berwick, the issues they face and the policy implications of the information gathered
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Research report Dec 1993
Young people, families and disadvantage
A report commissioned by the Australian Department of Social Security