Family Matters article May 1993
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
Childhood in its social context
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Family Matters article Dec 1992
Children's voices, adults' choices
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Families in unemployment
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Family Matters article Aug 1992
Caring families
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.
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Family Matters article Apr 1992
Stepfathers in children's lives
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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.
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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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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Community child health care forum
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Youth wages and poverty
This article discusses the rationales that underpin the practice of youth wages traditionally being set at a lower rate than adult wages.