Family Matters article Jun 2008
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Does child care quality matter?
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Family Matters article Apr 2008
How do parents and teenagers get along together?
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Family Matters article Oct 2006
Family trends
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Family Matters article Oct 2006
Investing in the early years
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Family Matters article Feb 2006
What can the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children tell us about infants' and 4 to 5 year olds' experiences of early childhood education and care?
In this article the authors provide an overview of data from the Growing Up in Australia study on patterns of use of child care.
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Family Matters article Feb 2006
A comparison of children's temperament and adjustment across 20 years
This article compares children's temperament and behaviour over the 20 year period of The Australian Temperament Project, which has followed a large cohort of Victorian children since their infancy in 1983.
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Family Matters article Feb 2006
Teenage mothers
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
Working with adolescents in the education system to prevent sexual assault
This paper discusses current best practice approaches to prevention of sexual assault experienced by young people, with a focus on schools based programs, reflects on past sexual assault prevention initiatives with young people, and considers what direction future initiatives might take, including proposed policy changes.
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Family Matters article Jun 2005
Attitudes to child support in Australia
This article summarises key findings from a study of public attitudes to child support by the Australian Institute of Family Studies helping the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support in its review of the Child Support Scheme.