Research report Dec 1990
Children in Australian families
Aimed at students at senior secondary level, this book explores how Australian families have changed and are continuing to change.
Research report Dec 1990
Aimed at students at senior secondary level, this book explores how Australian families have changed and are continuing to change.
Research report Dec 1990
This book uses data from the Children in Families Study of the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article Apr 1991
This article discusses the rationales that underpin the practice of youth wages traditionally being set at a lower rate than adult wages.
Family Matters article Aug 1991
Family Matters article Aug 1991
Family Matters article Dec 1991
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.
Family Matters article Apr 1992
Family Matters article Apr 1992
Family Matters article Apr 1992
Using data from the Institute of Family Studies' Parents and Children after Marriage Breakdown study, the author examines the difficulties sole mothers encounter when they attempt to escape poverty by finding paid work.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
In this article a brief overview is presented of the Institute's book 'Who helps: support networks and social policy in Australia', and of the implications of some of the findings.