Family Matters article Dec 2002
Why is the fertility rate falling?
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This article examines what might be causing decades of falling birth rates and the all time low in Australia's fertility rates.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
This article examines what might be causing decades of falling birth rates and the all time low in Australia's fertility rates.
Family Matters article Jun 2000
This paper outlines some of the potential benefits of social capital for government, business, communities and family life.
Webinar Oct 2018
This webinar examined Emerging Minds’ work, focusing on how practitioners and services can develop consistent and engaging child-focused practice.
Policy and practice paper May 2011
This Resource Sheet briefly summarises a number of influential recent approaches to conceptualising and measuring disadvantage.
Research report Feb 1999
Over the last twenty years, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has established itself as a key centre for research on the family in Australia.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to out-of-home care
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to disability and carers.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
In this paper, international and Australian research on children’s wellbeing and the views of young people in care are reviewed
Family Matters article Oct 2006
This article provides an insight into shifts in the community services sector involving a move from a welfare to a social enterprise orientation with greater emphasis on child and family focused prevention and early intervention.
Family Matters article Aug 1991
this paper discusses the Institute's plans to develop a series of family policy position papers that may serve as a basis for Australia-wide discussion on whether family life is valued sufficiently in public policies and programs, and two documents that may serve as a starting point for those position papers.