Research report Jun 2009
Breastfeeding and infants' time use
Analyses infants' time use according to breastfeeding status in order to inform the debate about how breastfeeding leads to improved child outcomes
Research report Jun 2009
Analyses infants' time use according to breastfeeding status in order to inform the debate about how breastfeeding leads to improved child outcomes
Family Matters article Oct 2014
This article introduces 'Building a New Life in Australia', a new longitudinal study that will investigate the settlement pathways and outcomes of newly arrived humanitarian migrants, and explains its conceptualisation and development, design, topics covered, recruitment, and the survey methodology for Wave 1 data collection.
Webinar Feb 2019
This webinar discussed an approach to building coping strategies for parents and young children, with a focus on families from CALD backgrounds.
Short article Jun 2017
Risk factors for child maltreatment are often interrelated, and need to be addressed by holistic prevention and early intervention strategies.
Research report Jan 1984
Great concern has been expressed in recent times that the family 'as we know it' is rapidly disappearing.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
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.
Research report Jun 2003
Uses data from 1986 and 1996 Australian Censuses to explore possible reasons for differences in the labour market trends of lone and couple mothers.
Family Matters article Sep 2001
This article maps out the dimensions of family change over the past one hundred years in Australia, focusing in particular on the changing structure of households.
Research report May 1982
The paper describes changes which have occurred in families and family structures over the past 25 years
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article focuses on one of the priority issues identified by the National Council for the International Year of the Family - to address the problems of family violence.