Family Matters article Sep 1997
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Latest trends - Children, Divorce and One-parent Families
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Latest trends - Teenage Ex-nuptial Births
There have been some concerns that Australian teenage exnuptial births are rising and this article looks at the latest trends in this area. Although the rate has been increasing, it has not been growing as fast as the rate of increase of exnuptial births to older women.
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Media release Sep 2015
Life's ups and downs may be more or less predictable
Australians tend to be satisfied with life despite experiencing highs and lows stemming from common transitions across the life course, according to a study released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Living day to day
The paper examines the effects of the recession on 54 families with at least one unemployed member and a low income or families who were experiencing severe economic hardship for some other reason such as a substantial decline in the income of self-employed people.
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Policy and practice paper Apr 1998
Long-term effects of child sexual abuse - 1998
Examines the effects of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its role in the broader aspects of mental health.
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Short article May 2018
Long-term outcomes of adults who were abused or neglected as children in care during the 20th century
A recent study found that adults who were abused as children in out-of-home care experienced a range of negative outcomes persisting into later life.
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Short article Jun 2018
Maintaining the mental health of child protection practitioners
We highlight some of the key findings of a recent report that examined the mental health of child protection practitioners in Victoria.
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Practice guide Sep 2006
Male survivors of sexual assault and rape
This resource document provides a current overview of research and information concerning male survivors of sexual assault and rape.
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
Mandatory reporting of abuse as perceived by young people and youth sector workers
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Media release Mar 2015
Many Australians live alone
A quarter of all Australian households are now lone person households, according to a new demographic trends paper released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.