Family Matters article Aug 1992
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Changing families in changing societies
This article presents an overview of the Changing Families in Changing Societies conference, held in Brussels in February 1992.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
A man's place...? Reconstructing family realities
This article discusses the impact of recent social change on men, and questions the continued existence of the supposedly 'invisible father'.
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Research report Dec 1991
Sick children: How working mothers cope
The paper focuses on mothers' and fathers' attitudes to sharing the care of sick children. A selection of case studies is included.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Ageing: Everybody's future
This article suggests that while the ageing of Australia is often regarded with trepidation as social planners try to implement health and welfare policies that will adequately provide for the next century's elderly, the potential advantages of there being more old people far outweigh the perceived drain on resources and that the ageing population promises a spreading pool of competence and human help to be drawn upon with enthusiasm.
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Research report Dec 1987
Getting a lot further: Some factors influencing decisions which ethnic families make about children's schooling and post-school futures
A report prepared for the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Multicultural and Migrant Education 1987
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Research report Dec 1985
Ethnic family values in Australia
This book looks at the major cultural groups with respect to their traditional values, and their attitudes towards a number of issues.
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Research report Dec 1985
Superannuation in Sweden
This paper describes the political controversy surrounding the introduction of national earnings-related superannuation and a pension fund in Sweden.
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Research report Jun 1985
Family formation and ethnicity
This paper uses data from the first-phase survey of the Australian Family Formation Project, a longitudinal survey of Australians aged 18 to 34 years
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Research report May 1985
Earnings-related benefits and pensions: An analysis illustrated by examples from Sweden
In this paper, attention is given to Swedish earnings-related transfer payments other than pensions received by senior citizens.