Family Matters article Dec 1993
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Contact with non-custodial fathers and children's well being
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Well being of young people in different family circumstances
This paper examines the financial, physical and emotional wellbeing of adolescents from sole-mother and couple families, some of whose parents are in paid work and some not.
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Research report Dec 1993
In search of poverty and affluence: An investigation of families living in two Melbourne municipalities
Draws on data from a three year study of living standards of Australian families in 12 localities which reflect varying socio-economic settings.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Child support
In the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article looks critically at the attitudes of Australians to the payment of child maintenance and the introduction of the Child Support Scheme.
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Family Matters article Jun 1995
New Forward Research Program for Institute
This article reports on the Australian Institute of Family Studies research program for the next three years.
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
British Child Support Act in practice
This article discusses the widespread and hostile opposition to the British Child Support Act 1991.
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
Australia's Child Support Scheme
This article looks at the history and current status of Australia's Child Support scheme, considering issues such as collection rate, collection enforcement, delivery of payments, split between bureaucracies, client relations, discrimination against Stage One children, and discrimination against non-custodial parents.
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Family Matters article Jun 1997
Social polarisation in a suburban community?
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Family Matters article Sep 1997
Changes in child support
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.
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Family Matters article Apr 1998
Latest Australian and Overseas Quality-of-Life Research
This article provides information on the First Conference of the International Society of Quality-of-Life Studies, held in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1997.