Family Matters article Apr 1997
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Children's involvement in household work
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Family Matters article Apr 1997
Consumer participation for young people in care
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Family Matters article Dec 2014
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Entering adolescence and becoming a young adult
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Work-related child care: Four Melbourne localities
This paper examines work-related child care in four localities of Melbourne: Berwick, Werribee, Box Hill and inner Melbourne, drawing from the Australian Institute of Family Studies' survey of Australian Living Standards.
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Aboriginal Australians and poverty
The author alerts readers to problems associated with measuring income poverty and argues that definitions used in measuring income amongst white Australians are not always appropriate when measuring income poverty amongst Aborigines.
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Family Matters article May 1993
The place of family in social policy
This paper suggest there are many aspects of interpersonal relationships in good families that we need to incorporate in the more public parts of our lives, that policy makers often have unrealistic expectations of the capacity of these small and fragile units and examines the care-work nexus, suggesting a number of issues which could and should inform public policy debate.
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Family Matters article May 1993
Under the same roof: Young adult unmarried sexual relationships in parents' homes
In this edited version of a paper presented at the fourth Australian Family Research Conference in February 1993, the author reports on why an increasing number of families are facing the issue of young adults sleeping with their sexual partners in the parental home, and how families are responding.
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Family Matters article May 1993
Missing work to care for sick children
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
What unemployment means
This article examines the impact of sustained high levels of unemployment on young people's pathways to adulthood and on their families, including discussion around leaving home and forming relationships; being unemployed and living at home with parents; lack of parental support and government initiatives.
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
Self care for school aged children