Family Matters article Mar 1999
Workshop on quality of life research
This article reports on a two day workshop in which the work of key researchers was presented and contradictions in citizens' quality of life research were explored.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
This article reports on a two day workshop in which the work of key researchers was presented and contradictions in citizens' quality of life research were explored.
Family Matters article Sep 1998
Family Matters article Jun 1998
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.
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters article on complexity and family relationships
Family Matters article Jun 2009
In this paper, variations in types of cohabiters were examined, emphasising the importance of understanding cohabiters as a heterogeneous group.
Family Matters article Jun 2009
Family Matters article on insights into the concept of social exclusion
Family Matters article Mar 2009
This article presents an analysis of poverty among households where at least one member is employed part- or full-time, based on the most recent ABS Survey of Income and Housing (2005-06), and using the OECD half-median household disposable income poverty line.
Family Matters article Jun 2008
A brief overview of the background and design of the study
Family Matters article Jun 2008
Engaging families in the education of their children is increasingly viewed as important, with research finding that children achieve more when schools and families work together. This paper investigates the relationship between parental involvement and children's learning competence, with an analysis of Wave 2 data from Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), for children in Years 1 and 2 at school.