Family Matters article Apr 2011
Desperately seeking security
Family Matters article on UK family policy
Family Matters article Apr 2011
Family Matters article on UK family policy
Family Matters article Dec 2011
This paper looks at who is likely to benefit most from the introduction of Paid Parental Leave (PPL).
Family Matters article Dec 1993
Family Matters article Dec 1993
This article looks at characteristics distinguishing adolescent smokers and non-smokers, based on data for Box Hill and Berwick families derived from the Australian Living Standards Study.
Family Matters article Aug 1993
In this article the author analyses the labour market environment of two remote area Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) communities in the Northern Territory to see if, after five years of the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy, more members of Aboriginal families had gained access to the conventional labour market and the Active Society.
Family Matters article Dec 1992
This article examines the impact of sustained high levels of unemployment on young people's pathways to adulthood and on their families, including discussion around leaving home and forming relationships; being unemployed and living at home with parents; lack of parental support and government initiatives.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
Family Matters article Apr 1992
The paper examines the effects of the recession on 54 families with at least one unemployed member and a low income or families who were experiencing severe economic hardship for some other reason such as a substantial decline in the income of self-employed people.
Family Matters article Dec 1991
This article looks at the effects of the recession, and other factors, on employment in rural and remote towns, such as Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory where the Institute has begun interviewing for the Australian Living Standards Study, and notes that the community has lost ground during the eighties, despite all its efforts and plans.
Family Matters article Apr 1991