Determinants of Australian mothers’ employment

This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Census to analyse the factors which explain the employment gap.

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.

Australian mothers' participation in employment

This paper explores the characteristics of employed and non-employed mothers, to identify the factors that contribute to differing employment levels

Employment aspirations of non-working mothers with long-term health problems

This paper compares the employment aspirations and expectations of mothers with and without long-term health problems.

Reservation wages and the earnings capacity of lone and couple mothers

This paper concerns the factor of wages in attracting income support recipients into the work force.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Current issues in awareness, prevention and intervention

This paper reviews the research and current policy surrounding prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)

Mothers in the labour force

Competing family models, competing social policies

The origin of lone-parent concentrations in metropolitan and regional Australia

This article examines patterns of geographic mobility in order to assess whether migration is likely to be the major cause for high lone-parent concentrations in regional areas, or whether such concentrations are largely a consequence of 'home grown' factors.

Family law update

This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.