Family Matters article Mar 1996
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Explaining patterns of urban child care
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Factors influencing men's and women's decisions about having children
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Research report Dec 1993
Families and services
This paper discusses some of the common assumptions about the significance of location as a factor in living standards
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Research report Mar 2011
Families in regional, rural and remote Australia
This Facts Sheet describes how the characteristics of families differ between the "city" and the "country" or "bush"
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Research snapshot Oct 2010
Families then and now: 1980-2010
The focus of this Facts Sheet is on broad family trends. It was prepared to celebrate the 30th anniversary of research by AIFS.
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
Families, divorce and family law
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Family and community life
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Family Matters article May 2010
Family and place
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Family and social factors underlying the labour force status of Indigenous Australians
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Short article Jun 2017
Family break-up raises homelessness risk, and critical period is longer for boys
In the context of rising housing costs and financial stress, parental separation in low-income families can trigger greater risk of homelessness.