Family Matters article May 2003
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Competing family models, competing social policies
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Family Matters article May 2003
Multiple and severe disadvantage among lone mothers receiving income support
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Family Matters article May 2003
Polarisation of families according to work status
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Family and community life
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Helping families cope
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Research report Dec 2003
Measuring the value of unpaid household, caring and voluntary work of older Australians
This paper demonstrates that older people make valuable economic contributions to Australian society through the time they spend in voluntary work.
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
The role of families in an ageing Australia
This article looks at the role of families and the challenges they face in changing social and economic circumstances of an ageing Australian population.
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
Older migrants and their families in Australia
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
The value of unpaid work of older Australians
This article seeks to provide more balance to the debate about the cost of older people in an ageing society and to estimate the financial value of some of the ongoing contributions of older people that are not measured in national accounts, as well as providing estimates of the financial value of the unpaid contributions of older people - both to their family and to the wider community.
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Family Matters article Dec 2003
Ageing, living arrangements and subjective wellbeing
In this article, new data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey are used to shed some light on questions around the quality of life in Australia's markedly increased life-expectancy, whether people approaching so-called 'retirement age' are finding the prospect daunting and how older people view their lives.