Family Matters article Apr 1991
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Child care resources: inner and outer Melbourne
This article discusses preliminary inquiries to inner city centres indicating that there continues to be a shortage of places to meet the needs of parents who live and work in the inner city and that the issue is one of overall supply, not just of geographical distribution of child care places.
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Work and stress: Can a sense of control help?
This article presents research on the notion of control and how it should be measured, and concludes that 'by modifying our goals, setting priorities and delegating responsibility, we can reduce the pressures on us and hopefully maintain a sense of control and therefore wellbeing'.
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Juggling work and family commitments
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Research report Jun 1991
Australian Defence Force 1991 Families Census: Initial Report
This is an overview of the data from the Australian Defence Force 1991 Families Census.
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Research report Oct 1991
Australian Defence Force 1991 Families Census: Final Report
This is the fourth and final report of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) 1991 Families Census.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Mothers with young children
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Child care
This article looks at child care policy and practice in Sweden and the United Kingdom, two countries whose policies will most likely shape the provision of child care in Australia during the 1990s.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Australia's largest family
This article presents an overview of some of the findings of the March 1991 census of the 69,275 full time active duty members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) taken by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, relating to family composition; characteristics of serving members; partners and partnerships; children at home; and work and family issues.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
There's no work here, eh
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.