Family Matters article Aug 1992
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Trapped in poverty
Using data from the Institute of Family Studies' Parents and Children after Marriage Breakdown study, the author examines the difficulties sole mothers encounter when they attempt to escape poverty by finding paid work.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Families and young people in Australia
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Adulthood: The time you get serious about the rest of your life
This articles notes that both the age and status markers by which we judged adulthood in the past are no longer clear cut indicators, and discusses the 1990 Becoming Adult Study, which asked 138 23-year-olds what adulthood meant to them.
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Enduring values
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Self-determination: Helping Aboriginal families to realise the ideal
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Youth wages and poverty
This article discusses the rationales that underpin the practice of youth wages traditionally being set at a lower rate than adult wages.
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Family Matters article Nov 1990
Homelessness still a problem
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Research report May 1988
Low wage earners in Australia: A report prepared for the Brotherhood of St Laurence
Defines part of the workforce as low wage workers and then examines their characteristics in terms of employment, family type and income.
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Research report Dec 1987
Young People Leaving Home in Australia: The trend towards independence
About why they leave, how old they are when they leave, where they go, who they live with, whether or not they return and why they return.