Family Matters article Jun 2008
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Parent-only care
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Research snapshot May 2008
Work and family responsibilities through life
The Australian Institute of Family Studies has prepared this Facts Sheet on work and family balance to support the 2008 National Families Week
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Family Matters article Apr 2008
Caring and women’s labour market participation
In this article, the authors describe the labour force status of carers who receive an Australian Government payment directed to carers, with a particular focus on the degree to which non-employed carers want to be in paid employment.
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Family Matters article Jan 2008
The effectiveness of marriage and relationship education programs.
This article reports on a recent analysis of a large-scale survey in which lower odds of divorce were found to be associated with participation in a pre-marriage education program.
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Research report Jul 2007
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.
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Family Matters article Jun 2007
It's about time: Key findings from the women, men, work and family project
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Family Matters article Feb 2007
Indigenous employment in the Australian Public Service
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Family Matters article Feb 2007
Mothers' accounts of work and family decision-making in couple families
FAMILY MATTERS NO. 75 - Explores the way partnered mothers talk about how decisions concerning parenting and paid work were made in their families
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Policy and practice paper Feb 2007
Recent progress in marriage and relationship education in Australia
A summary of developments addressing challenges and directions for the field of marriage and relationship education.
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Research report Jun 2006
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.