Research report Dec 1987
Children in Australian families: The growth of competence
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This book examines the links between family characteristics and children's developing competence,
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Research report Dec 1987
This book examines the links between family characteristics and children's developing competence,
Research report Dec 1990
Aimed at students at senior secondary level, this book explores how Australian families have changed and are continuing to change.
Family Matters article Jun 2001
Family Matters article Dec 1992
Research report Dec 1989
Child Poverty surveys the current data, presents the issues in an accessible manner, and challenges the policy makers.
Family Matters article Jun 1996
This article reports on the preliminary outcomes from a major longitudinal study of the influences of non parental child care, experienced during the first year of life, on the developmental progress of the children involved.
Research report Dec 1984
This paper gives a brief overview of the changing relationship between school and family in Australia
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 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 Nov 1990
A number of key statistics on Australian children and adolescents are presented in this paper, including facts on the child population, smoking, suicide, school retention, birth rates and death rates.