Research report Dec 1997
Australian family profiles: Social and demographic patterns
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This book draws together key facts and figures about family formation and change, drawing on information and analysis from a wide variety of sources.
Research report Dec 1997
This book draws together key facts and figures about family formation and change, drawing on information and analysis from a wide variety of sources.
Media release May 2017
Australian men who become stay-at-home dads while their partners go out to work are still comparatively rare, despite a growing perception their numbers are on the rise.
Media release May 2019
The birth of a child changes little for Australian fathers’ working lives, according to an analysis of employment trends in the past few decades by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article Sep 1995
This article discusses the widespread and hostile opposition to the British Child Support Act 1991.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
This article has three main aims: to discuss the general profile of people caring for elderly parents and care recipients; to present some real life caring situations illustrating the complexities of care arrangements; and to draw some conclusions about the consequences of these complexities for middle aged carers and for the provision of support services for the aged.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.
Research report Dec 1984
This paper gives a brief overview of the changing relationship between school and family in Australia
Policy and practice paper Sep 1996
Discussion Paper 2. by the National Child Protection Clearinghouse
Family Matters article Apr 1994
In the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article looks critically at the attitudes of Australians to the payment of child maintenance and the introduction of the Child Support Scheme.
Family Matters article Sep 2000