Family Matters article Dec 1993
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Family facts: Families and the labour force
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
A lost generation?
The author looks at a new report published by the Australian Youth Foundation titled 'A Lost Generation?' based on discussions with disadvantaged young people aged between 13 and 28 years.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Adolescent cigarette smokers and their families
This article looks at characteristics distinguishing adolescent smokers and non-smokers, based on data for Box Hill and Berwick families derived from the Australian Living Standards Study.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Young adults living at home
This article looks at the effects of family resources on young peoples' decisions to stay with parents, and what such trends mean for parenting.
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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
When roles overlap: Workers with family responsibilities
Report of the findings of the Dependent Care Study by AIFS, commissioned by the Work and Family Unit, Department of Industrial Relations.
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Research report Dec 1993
A matter of give and take: Small business views of work and family
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Monograph no. 15
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Achieving a family supportive workplace and community
This article examines the priority issue 'To promote policies which recognise and support the choices which families are making in combining work and family care' identified by the National Council for the International Year of the Family.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
The rights of indigenous peoples in the International Year of the Family
This article, the second of four papers focusing on disadvantaged families in this issue of 'Family Matters', begins by examining the historical relationship between the state and indigenous peoples of Australia.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
The many faces of families
This paper discusses the diversity of families in Australia in terms of their composition, culture and race but argues that diversity is much more than simply a matter for recognition and celebration.