Family Matters article Nov 1990
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Director's report
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Family Matters article Nov 1990
Bird's-eye-view of Australia's children
A number of key statistics on Australian children and adolescents are presented in this paper, including facts on the child population, smoking, suicide, school retention, birth rates and death rates.
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Family Matters article Nov 1990
Lift Off: New initiative in TV for early childhood.
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Research report Dec 1989
Child poverty
Child Poverty surveys the current data, presents the issues in an accessible manner, and challenges the policy makers.
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Research report Aug 1989
Financial support and relationships with children
This report focuses on the financial support of children and some associated family and economic circumstances.
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Research report Feb 1989
Attitudes to various aspects of Australian child maintenance reforms
This paper briefly reviews several public opinion polls conducted to gauge public attitudes to the Child Support Scheme.
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Research report May 1988
Low wage earners in Australia: A report prepared for the Brotherhood of St Laurence
Defines part of the workforce as low wage workers and then examines their characteristics in terms of employment, family type and income.
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Research report Dec 1987
Children in Australian families: The growth of competence
This book examines the links between family characteristics and children's developing competence,
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Research report Feb 1987
Implications of marital separation for young children
This paper examines children's perceptions, obtains standardised measures of adjustment and other behavioural outcomes and included a control group.
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Research report Jan 1987
A discussion paper on child maintenance
AIFS response to the government's discussion paper 'Child support: a discussion paper on child maintenance'.