Family Matters article Aug 1992
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Adult in the eyes of the state
This article traces recent changes in youth income support conditions, and highlights what they imply about independence of, and responsibility for, young people, and argues that the changes convey negative messages to young people about the value society places on them.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Families and young people in Australia
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Ageing: Everybody's future
This article suggests that while the ageing of Australia is often regarded with trepidation as social planners try to implement health and welfare policies that will adequately provide for the next century's elderly, the potential advantages of there being more old people far outweigh the perceived drain on resources and that the ageing population promises a spreading pool of competence and human help to be drawn upon with enthusiasm.
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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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Research snapshot Mar 2011
Families in Australia 2011
Report for National Families Week 2011 draws on recent statistics to provide a picture of selected aspects of Australian families in 2011
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Research report May 1985
Earnings-related benefits and pensions: An analysis illustrated by examples from Sweden
In this paper, attention is given to Swedish earnings-related transfer payments other than pensions received by senior citizens.
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Research report Mar 2015
Keeping up with information and communication technology
Older people feel left behind by technology, but so do one in ten younger Australians.
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Research report Oct 2012
Ageing parent carers of people with a disability
This report presents information on parents who care for people with a disability in Victoria, focusing on the issue of ageing.