Research report May 1984
Australian Families Income Transfer Project
Australian Families Income Transfer (AFIT) Project Bulletin No 1, May 1984.
Research report May 1984
Australian Families Income Transfer (AFIT) Project Bulletin No 1, May 1984.
Family Matters article Apr 1998
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, and in particular covers in this issue, youth suicide prevention, sibling relationships and parental divorce, adolescent health, child protection, indigenous families and domestic violence.
Family Matters article Mar 1996
This article presents a bibliography of Australian Living Standards Study material produced to date by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article Mar 1996
This article presents an overview of the goals, methodology and data sets in a major, innovative study of the living standards of Australian Families - the Australian Living Standards Study (ALSS), undertaken by the Australian Institute of Family Studies its methodology and data sets.
Research report Nov 2013
This paper explores the characteristics of employed and non-employed mothers, to identify the factors that contribute to differing employment levels
Research report Jan 1989
This report, outlines the major areas of inquiry, describes the sampling base, and presents preliminary first, limited set of questionnaires.
Family Matters article Sep 2003
This article suggests that rather than endorse pre-emptive assumptions about family structure, the current Parliamentary Inquiry into a 'rebuttable presumption' of 50:50 residency should begin with the child's interests and work outwards
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Presents participants’ views on main barriers and incentives that influence Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ decision to become a carer
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article discusses 'Benefits for children: a four country study', a new international study which discusses and compares the child benefit programs of four countries: Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Family Matters article May 1993
In this edited version of a paper presented at the fourth Australian Family Research Conference in February 1993, the author suggests that the roots of the language of custody and access lie in outdated assumptions of children as economic assets or property.