Family Matters article Jun 2006
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Family Matters article Jun 2006
Assessing family and community life through the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
This article provides an overview of a survey of Indigenous Australians, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), and describes the key measures of family and community in the survey.
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Family Matters article Feb 2006
The relationship between childhood injuries and family type
Using data on the 4-5 year old children participating in the Growing Up in Australia study, this examination of the relationship between family structure and incidence of child injury indicates that children in sole parent families, but not in stepfamilies, were over represented among the 17 percent of children who sustained an injury.
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Family Matters article Mar 2005
Chronic and isolated maltreatment in a child protection sample
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Differentiating between child maltreatment experiences
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
'Downtime' for children on the Internet
In this article the author argues that the community has a responsibility to protect children from abusive experiences through the Internet, especially those children whose parents are unable or unwilling to protect them.
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Family Matters article May 2003
How accessible are child abuse prevention services for families?
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Family and social factors underlying the labour force status of Indigenous Australians
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Family Matters article Apr 1998
Australian Family Research and Policy News
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.
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
New Child Sexual Abuse Package