Family Matters article Aug 1991
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Caring for family caregivers
Information is provided here about the Caregivers National Group Leader Training Project, a project to support family caregivers by training people to set up and guide community support groups.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
There's no work here, eh
This article looks at the effects of the recession, and other factors, on employment in rural and remote towns, such as Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory where the Institute has begun interviewing for the Australian Living Standards Study, and notes that the community has lost ground during the eighties, despite all its efforts and plans.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Job seekers and the social security system
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Research report Dec 1991
Who helps? Support networks and social policy in Australia
This book reviews the literature on the role of the state, families and the community as providers of support, and reports on a study.
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Research report Dec 1991
An ear to listen and a shoulder to cry on: The use of child health services in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth
This paper examines the use of child health services by mothers who took part in the AIFS' Early Childhood Study in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
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Research report Feb 1992
Adoption law in Australia
This document briefly outlines changes to the adoption scene in Australia in recent years
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Sharing the caring: Rethinking current policies
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Housing costs and unemployed families
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Trapped in poverty
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.