Research report Jul 1982
Social support networks: A critical review of models and findings
The first section of this monograph identifies and evaluates the major explanatory models in use and summarises important findings.
Research report Jul 1982
The first section of this monograph identifies and evaluates the major explanatory models in use and summarises important findings.
Research report May 1983
The study carried out in Geelong in May 1982 was an attempt to see how families in one Australian community have been coping with the pressures
Research report Aug 1983
The problem of child neglect and abuse is not simply one of parent-child relationships, this paper suggests, but must be understood in social context
Research report Nov 1983
The paper suggests there has always been a proportion of people who remain single.
Research report Dec 1987
About why they leave, how old they are when they leave, where they go, who they live with, whether or not they return and why they return.
Family Matters article Nov 1990
Family Matters article Nov 1990
Family Matters article Aug 1991
Family Matters article Dec 1991
This articles notes that both the age and status markers by which we judged adulthood in the past are no longer clear cut indicators, and discusses the 1990 Becoming Adult Study, which asked 138 23-year-olds what adulthood meant to them.
Research report Dec 1991
This book reviews the literature on the role of the state, families and the community as providers of support, and reports on a study.