Family Matters article Jun 1998
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
Property and financial matters upon the breakdown of de facto relationships
This paper aims to provide non-legal professionals in the family law sector with a general outline of the relevant reforms
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Family Matters article Jun 1996
Promoting the healthy functioning of young children with developmental disabilities, and their families
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Facts and figures May 2018
Population and households
The latest facts and figures about Australia's population and types of households.
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Research report Apr 2000
Planning the first wave of the Australian Family Panel Survey
The Australian Family Panel Survey represents a major research undertaking by AIFS. This paper outlines some of the design proposals.
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Research report Dec 1991
Paying for the children: Parent and employer experiences of stage one of Australia's Child Support Scheme
The Institute's evaluation of the first stage of Australia's Child Support Scheme covers the experiences of more than 15,000 parents.
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Family Matters article Mar 2016
Payee mothers’ interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support
This article explores mothers' experiences with the child support scheme in Australia, highlighting how interactions with the Department of Human Services-Child Support (DHS-CS) agency can facilitate or undermine the receipt of child support.
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Research report Nov 2000
Pathways from infancy to adolescence
This publication tells the story of the Australian Temperament Project, a longitudinal study of Australian children born in Victoria 1982-83
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Media release Jun 2016
Parents' risky drinking linked to kids alcohol use
Levels of risky drinking among Australian parents is a strong factor influencing their teenage children to try alcohol, according to a new study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Jun 2008
Parents' involvement in their children's education
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.