Family Matters article Apr 1991
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Juggling work and family commitments
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Mothers with young children
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Divorce, change and children
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
There's no work here, eh
This article looks at the effects of the recession, and other factors, on employment in rural and remote towns, such as Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory where the Institute has begun interviewing for the Australian Living Standards Study, and notes that the community has lost ground during the eighties, despite all its efforts and plans.
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Research report Dec 1991
Work and Family: Employers' Views
This report summarises the demographic and social changes affecting work and family life.
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Research report Dec 1991
Sick children: How working mothers cope
The paper focuses on mothers' and fathers' attitudes to sharing the care of sick children. A selection of case studies is included.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Big business, small business, family business
Using data from studies of employers' views on work and family issues by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, this article compares how big and small business approach the challenge of becoming more 'family-friendly'.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
A man's place...? Reconstructing family realities
This article discusses the impact of recent social change on men, and questions the continued existence of the supposedly 'invisible father'.
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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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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Changing families in changing societies
This article presents an overview of the Changing Families in Changing Societies conference, held in Brussels in February 1992.